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People with ME have been neglected by the government and society for too long

The government's new delivery plan for ME doesn't include funding. Now we're fighting back to demand fairer funding.

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Tiger-Lily Snowdon
Mar 24, 2025
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Tiger-Lily Snowdon has been ill since she was nine with what was diagnosed as ME Pic: The Lead

I have been ill since I was nine. I am largely housebound and I’ve had periods of being bedbound. There has not been a day in the last decade where I have been free from bone-crushing fatigue and pain. At times, I lost access to my education. I have had to figh…

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