Jane Colby

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Jane Colby is a British advocate for paediatric patients and formerly had severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) triggered by a viral infection. (Colby sometimes refers to the virus as "polio-like" or "related to polio"[1] and sometimes as coxsackie B).[2] She is a former head teacher and a member of the National Association of Educational Inspectors, Advisors, and Consultants. [3] She is the Executive Director of Tymes Trust, the longest established national UK service for children and young people with ME and their families.[4]

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Notable studies[edit | edit source]

  • 1996, Long-term sickness absence due to ME/CFS in UK schools; an epidemiological study with medical and educational implications.[7] (Full text)

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Tymes Trust publications[edit | edit source]

The following educational materials for children living with ME and their parents and schools are written by Jane Colby and available through the Tymes Trust:

Posters[edit | edit source]

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Online presence[edit | edit source]

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  1. http://www.methenewplague.net/About-Jane.html
  2. http://www.tymestrust.org/pdfs/mecfsseidintro.pdf
  3. http://www.investinme.eu/IIMEC1.shtml#presenters
  4. http://www.tymestrust.org/aboutus.htm
  5. ME: the new plague, Jane Colby - First and Best in Education - 1996 ISBN-10: 1860832156, ISBN-13: 978-1860832154
  6. Zoe's Win, Jane Colby - Dome Vision - 1999, ISBN-10: 0953733009, ISBN-13: 978-0953733002
  7. Dowsett, Elizabeth G.; Colby, Jane (1996). "Long-Term Sickness Absence Due to ME/CFS in UK Schools: An Epidemiological Study with Medical and Educational Implications" (PDF). Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 3 (2): 29-42. doi:10.1300/J092v03n02_04q.
  8. "Special problems of children with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and the enteroviral link". Journal of Clinical Pathology. 60 (2): 125–128. February 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2006.042606. ISSN 0021-9746. PMC 1860612. PMID 16935964.
  9. http://www.investinme.eu/IIMEC1.shtml#agenda
  10. "The ME Show with Gary Burgess - Jane Colby". buzzsprout.com. May 28, 2018. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)