Funny You Don't Look Sick [digital video]

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Publication Date:

1995

2017

Publication Information:

Susan Abod, 1995.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (64 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

2005 Merit Award Winner at the Superfest International Disability Film Festival...This intimate documentary self-portrait is told with humor and compassion. Susan Abod is a woman living with Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) or Environmental Illness. Filmed over a period of 18 months in 1994-95, Susan describes in detail the nature of her illness, illustrates her daily routine, and gives us a guided tour of her environmentally "safe"apartment. Comments from Susan’s numerous doctors and a visit with her CFIDS support group oﬀer further insights in this illuminating, ﬁrsthand report on a baﬄing, twenty-ﬁrst century disease.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subject Term:

Health.

Medicine.

Genre:

Documentary films.

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