For those looking to run awareness campaigns on MS, an MS symbol comes in handy. A multiple sclerosis symbol is particularly useful because it serves as a shorthand signal, letting people know, even at one glance, that an event, person or group is directing attention to the condition.

The use of symbols for diseases is a practice that has fast become popular globally. Most people readily recognize that pink ribbons are a symbol for breast cancer. The widespread use of the color pink by associations such as Komen, which specialize in breast cancer awareness, has made this association an almost automatic one in the minds of many people. This use of the color pink is possibly part of the reason for its having been reclaimed as a “cool” color that men and women alike are willing to wear. It has to be pointed out that pink ribbons and the color …