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Online Social Networks Bridge Gaps for Chronically Ill

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER — From nytimes.com Published at March 24, 2010 Comments 2 Likes 2

A former model who is now chronically ill and struggles just to shower says the people she has met online have become her family. A quadriplegic man uses the Web to share tips on which places have the best wheelchair access, and a woman with multiple sclerosis says her regular…

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