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🚨 One week until May 12, International ME/CFS Awareness Day!

ME/CFS = myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome

This toolkit from #MEAction has a list of actions, sorted by battery level, for the week of May 9-16:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJflVh8PP209MPEYSxeVw1SmFWlez0Gox1C9B8y98VY/

If all you can do next week is rest, that's OK!

But if you can, please like and boost posts about ME/CFS - look for hashtags #MillionsMissing & #FrailAndFurious

Or share your story - see toolkit for tips!

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#MEcfs #PwME

2026 #MillionsMissing Take Action Toolkit

#MillionsMissing 2026 Toolkit Governments and healthcare systems around the world fail to classify myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) as a serious, complex medical condition, leading to significant neglect in medical care and social services. Over and over again, people with ME and Long COVID are ...

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Samstag 9. Mai 2026
Europaplatz, ZĂźrich

#mecfs, #millionsmissing

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A short video (3 minutes) on actions listed in the 2026 Millions Missing toolkit, starting with low energy items.

Short description: Animated cat, wearing a purple overcoat and black bowler hat, speaks directly to camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPb9wOkRxMM

Note: Video is from Instagram, can't tag MEActNet here (but you could ask #MEAction to get a Fediverse account😉)

Direct link to toolkit:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJflVh8PP209MPEYSxeVw1SmFWlez0Gox1C9B8y98VY/edit?mc_cid=d4aa139b8f&tab=t.0

#MillionsMissing #MEcfs #Pwme #LongCovid #PwLC #Medicaid #FrailAndFurious

Join us this #MillionsMissing Thanks to @Corywysz 4 video! Toolkit at LINK IN BIO. #FrailAndFurious

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RE: https://disabled.social/@ahimsa_pdx/116495749131742719

Update from #MEAction:

"How to Participate in #MillionsMissing 2026"

https://www.meaction.net/post/your-story-can-change-everything

Some actions listed:

- Share your story on social media from May 9 to 16

- Submit your story to #MEAction's Story Bank

- Help protect Medicaid by signing the letter sent to HHS Director

- Register to join the event in Washington D.C. on May 12

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#MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid #PwLC #ChronicIllness #Disability #Medicaid #FrailAndFurious

Macht ME/CFS-Betroffene sichtbar, vllt. mit blauer Rose/Schleife am ESC-Outfit, oder kommt am 09.05. zu unserer Protestaktion! Unsere Protestaktion: 📍09.05.2026 14:00-16:00 📍Platz der Menschenrechte, Wien 👉Alle Infos unter mecfs.at/unversorgts... #unversorgtseit1969 #MECFS #MillionsMissing 3/3

#unversorgtseit1969 - ÖG ME/CF...
#unversorgtseit1969 - ÖG ME/CFS

Am 12. Mai ist der Internationale ME/CFS Tag. Dieser Tag soll auf die schwere Krankheit und die Situation der Betroffenen aufmerksam machen und Bewusstsein schaffen. Denn obwohl ME/CFS seit 1969 von der WHO als neurologische Erkrankung unter G93.3 klassifiziert ist, ist die Situation der Betroffenen äußerst schwierig: Es fehlt an Aufklärung, medizinischer Versorgung, sozialer Absicherung und […]

ÖG ME/CFS

Netzfund zur Info:
Bei den #MEcfs #Liegenddemo wird es auch Banner zu erwerben geben.

ME/(cfs) Banner - Hänge es auf!

Unter Fenster, Balkon, Gartenzaun. An Rollstuhl, Fahrrad, ins Auto legen.

Fßr längere Haltbarkeit gespannt aufhängen (keine Falten).

(Poste ein Foto auf Insta: #MEBanner #MEcfs #MEAwareness #Liegenddemo #MillionsMissing )

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Telling your story for #MillionsMissing this year is so important! There are MANY ways to tell your story & it all helps! Be yourself & know that if sharing your story brings up big feelings, you are not alone! We are here to help: https://ow.ly/lMWt50YSCqy #FrailAndFurious

Bluesky Social

May 12 is coming soon! #MEAction has this request:

"Telling your story for Millions Missing this year is so important!

There are MANY ways to tell your story & it all helps! Be yourself & know that if sharing your story brings up big feelings, you are not alone!"

Tips for how to tell your story:

https://www.meaction.net/millionsmissing-storytelling

This has a link to the Millions Missing toolkit and two videos.

@mecfs

#MEcfs #PwME #LongCovid #PwLC #MillionsMissing #FrailAndFurious #ChronicIllness #Medicaid

"Blue Sunday" Tea Party
#MEAction North Carolina

Sunday, May 17
1 pm – 2:30 pm EDT

Blue Sunday is "a worldwide celebration of the ME community and the ways we support each other through this terrible disease. It is a way for people with ME to feel a sense of connection and community despite the isolation of this disease."

You're invited! 😊

Details:

https://www.meaction.net/event-details/blue-sunday-tea-party

Registration:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/1Gx24nNBRHSuCB4ArBBsNA#/registration

@mecfs

#MEcfs #PwME #BlueSunday #MillionsMissing #Advocacy #Support

Blue Sunday Tea Party | #MEAction

#MEAction NC is having a tea party and you’re invited! Click for details.

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