"It doesn't matter what the professionals think; we don't think we're a multiple." (S4OS I:4, pg. 14)
(many thanks to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sobqjmv_sphinx for linking me about this!)
Running for 9 issues from 1985-1987, Speaking for Our Selves (or S4OS) was possibly the first newsletter for people with MPD. It not only predated Many Voices by a couple years; it may have been the inspiration: "After a group called Speaking For Ourselves closed (which was the first newsletter for individuals with dissociative disorders) –– Lynn Wasnak picked up where they left off and she founded the organization 'Many Voices'" (The Awareness Center, "Remembering Lynn Wasnak," 2013). It was based out of Long Beach, California, and the subscription rate for six issues was $6 for multiples, $12 for all others (S4OS I:4, pg. 22).
Unfortunately, the only digital copy of any of the issues I have been able to find is the onesobqjmv_sphinx linked me, Vol. 1 no. 4 from June 1986. (Not screenreadable.) Nevertheless, here's the data I've managed to dig up:
( This is the earliest firsthand record I have of medical multi community! So excited. )
(many thanks to
sobqjmv_sphinx for linking me about this!)Running for 9 issues from 1985-1987, Speaking for Our Selves (or S4OS) was possibly the first newsletter for people with MPD. It not only predated Many Voices by a couple years; it may have been the inspiration: "After a group called Speaking For Ourselves closed (which was the first newsletter for individuals with dissociative disorders) –– Lynn Wasnak picked up where they left off and she founded the organization 'Many Voices'" (The Awareness Center, "Remembering Lynn Wasnak," 2013). It was based out of Long Beach, California, and the subscription rate for six issues was $6 for multiples, $12 for all others (S4OS I:4, pg. 22).
Unfortunately, the only digital copy of any of the issues I have been able to find is the one
sobqjmv_sphinx linked me, Vol. 1 no. 4 from June 1986. (Not screenreadable.) Nevertheless, here's the data I've managed to dig up:( This is the earliest firsthand record I have of medical multi community! So excited. )
