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Muscular Dystrophy Ireland (MDI) is a support organisation for individuals with muscular dystrophy and their families. The MDI National Resource Centre for Neuromuscular Conditions is located in Chapelizod Dublin and contains the Home from Home Apartment.

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WEBINAR ON AIDS / ADAPTATIONS TO ASSIST DISABLED DRIVERS

Join Disabled Drivers’ Association Ireland at 5pm on this Thursday 21st October for a FREE webinar. This webinar will explore the various aids / adaptations available to assist disabled drivers. It will cover: 1. Helpful Tips 2. Most Common Driver Adaptations – Hand Controls, Steering Aids, Left Foot Accelerator 3. Seating, Storage and Lift. Register in […]

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What has #Budget2022 done for people with disabilities? Read summary of key disability measures to find out

Disability Federation of Ireland (DF)I have analysed how Budget 2022 will impact on people with disa

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Disability Federation of Ireland baffled that the Budget is not meeting its minimum investment of €350m in disability services

The Government has estimated €350-€600 million would be needed from Budget 2022 to address unmet

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Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy has invited Sarepta Therapeutics to present details of the EMBARK

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ANNUAL REPORTS AND AUDITED ACCOUNTS

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Muscular Dystrophy Society of Ireland Ltd.
75 Lucan Road, Chapelizod, Dublin D20 DR77
Tel: (01) 6236414
Fax: (01) 6208663
Email: info@mdi.ie

Registered Charity Number: 20012038
CHY Charity Number: 6849
Company Number: 60460
Country of registration: Ireland

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Cavan, Monaghan, Louth Head Office - Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow Cork and Kerry Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Tipperary South Clare, Limerick and Tipperary North Laois, Longford, Offaly & Westmeath Galway, Mayo & Roscommon Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim

1. Muscular Dystrophies

  • Becker muscular dystrophy
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  • Manifesting carrier of Duchenne
  • Congenital muscular dystrophy - General
  • • MDC1A (merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy)
  • • Rigid spine syndrome (RSS)
  • • Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophies
  • • Bethlem myopathy
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

2. Myotonic Disorders

  • Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
  • Myotonia
  • Myotonic Dystrophy

3. Congenital Myopathies

  • Central Core Myopathy
  • Minicore (Multicore) myopathy
  • Myotubular or Centronuclear myopathy
  • Nemaline myopathy

4. Mitochondrial Myopathies

  • Mitochondrial Myopathies

5. Metabolic Disorders

  • Metabolic disorders (general)
  • McArdle’s Disease
  • Pompe’s Disease

6. Periodic Paralyses

  • Periodic Paralyses

7. Autoimmune Myositides

  • Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis and Sarcoid myopathy
  • Juvenile dermatomyositis
  • Inclusion body myositis

8. Spinal Muscular Atrophies

  • Severe (Type I)
  • Intermediate (Type II)
  • Mild (Type III)
  • Adult spinal muscular atrophy

9. Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies

  • (Also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth or Peroneal muscular atrophy)

10. Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

  • Congenital myasthenic syndromes
  • Myasthenia Gravis

11. Friedreich’s Ataxia

  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
  • Limb-girdle types of muscular dystrophy (LGMD) - General
  • • LGMD 1B (also known as Laminopathy)
  • • LGMD 1C (also known as Caveolinopathy)
  • • LGMD 2A (also known as Calpainopathy)
  • • LGMD 2B (also known as Dysferlinopathy)
  • • LGMD 2I
  • Ocular myopathies including ocularopharangeal muscular dystrophy

12. Other (Please Specify)

13. Unspecified