NJ AJR96

Permanently designates March 28th as "Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Day" in New Jersey to raise public awareness and education about multiple sclerosis and its progressive form

Requests the Governor to annually issue a proclamation recognizing March 28th as "Progressive Multiple Sclerosis Day" and calls on public officials and citizens to observe the day with appropriate activities and programs

Notes that over 400,000 individuals in the U.S. and 2.3 million globally live with MS, with approximately 80% potentially developing progressive MS over time

Highlights that progressive MS differs from relapsing forms by causing steady, gradual decline in functional ability without early relapses or remissions, and that disease-modifying therapies have not proven effective for this form

Directs transmission of the resolution to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America