M.E. Patients and the Researchers that Silence Them

Laura Elliott
7 min readMar 19, 2019
Shoes left during a Millions Missing protest, representing the M.E. patients missing from their lives

A lot of things have been written recently about patients living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), often erroneously known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Last week, Reuters published a long-form piece focused on psychiatrists working in the field, who claimed online activists were silencing their work.

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Laura Elliott

Disabled freelance journalist and copywriter. Words on feminism, disability, books, and healthcare — probably. Twitter @TinyWriterLaura