'I didn't want to give anyone the opportunity to not hire me.'
Though she kept her diagnosis hidden for many years, even from friends and family, Ford said her relationship with her daughter inspired her to use her platform to speak out about the disease and her health journey.
"If I have a platform at all, I should be using it," Ford told the publication."Even if it affects my ability to get work. . . . It's better for me to at least be vocal about this and be out there to try to help theFord was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease that affects the nervous system, after she experienced"pins and needles" in one side of her face.
Until her recent interview, the actor hid her symptoms from her cast members and most of her family."I didn't even tell my sister," Ford said."I told no one." This silence meant that she was carrying not only the weight of her disease all on her own but also the added stress of trying to keep it a secret.
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