The Australian MS Society is running another series of television advertisements to increase public awareness of MS. Part of the campaign includes showing excerpts from the following two videos.

http://www.msaustralia.org.au/jasons-story.asp

http://www.msaustralia.org.au/robs-story.asp

I'm really pleased that this campaign is happening, and although both videos are well done, I'm disappointed that the producers have shown 2 people with progressive MS. I think I'd have preferred them showing one person who was more independent, even if they added a third video and showed excerts from all three.

I daresay it's important to show the public what the disease can do, but I thought it might be disturbing for the newly diagnosed (and those still being investigated) to watch a video that only shows MS in the more advanced stages.

I am still mobile, even though I use crutches or a cane, even a rollator on bad days, but not all of us have advanced MS, nor will all those newly diagnosed!

I think this campaign should have have depicted MS a little differently... maybe shown a broarder look at the disease.

What do others think?