Mary Dimmock

Mary Dimmock used to work in the pharmaceutical industry but later became a patient advocate after her son, Matthew Lazell-Fairman, became sick in 2010.

Thirty Years of Disdain
In 2015, Mary published an advocacy paper with her son, documenting the history of the disease since the publication of Osler's Web in 1995, "Thirty Years of Disdain: How HHS and A Group of Psychiatrists Buried Myalgic Encephalomyelitis."

Full version (283 pages) of "Thirty Years of Disdain," updated Dec, 2015

Summary version (161 pages) of "Thirty Years of Disdain," updated Dec, 2015

Talks & interviews

 * 2016, Episode 78 - Mary Dimmock (ME/CFS Alert)
 * 2015, White House Chronicle, 7044 - Llewellyn King interviews Mary Dimmock

HHS/CFSAC Testimony

 * CFSAC Public Testimony at May 2016 CFSAC Meeting
 * CFSAC Public Testimony at Dec 2014 CFSAC Meeting
 * CFSAC Public Testimony at Jun 2014 CFSAC Meeting
 * CFSAC Public Testimony at Dec 2013 CFSAC Meeting
 * CFSAC Public Testimony at May 2013 CFSAC Meeting
 * CFSAC Public Testimony at Nov 2011 CFSAC Meeting

Online presence

 * Twitter
 * Facebook
 * Website/Blog
 * YouTube

Learn more

 * 2016, Is chronic fatigue syndrome finally being taken seriously?