i feel for you dej. the first few yrs i had to do a lot of explaining and educating. i also printed off the typical MS info stuff and passed it out.
i guess i was lucky because almost no one did that to me.

i had one friend that pushed me to volunteer or get a PT job but after awhile she gave up when i was unresponsive. she probably still has her thoughts but she keeps it to herself.

i don't have much good advice. either give them written info or just stay silent and maybe they'll give up.

i also printed that "Spoon" article and that seemed to help too.