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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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CMS Research and Treatment – online event 15 December

Myaware – UK charity dedicated to the care and support of people affected by myasthenia – will be hosting a Zoom session on Research and Treatment regarding Congenital Myasthenia Syndrome (CMS) with Dr Sithara Ramdas, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist. Dr Ramdas is based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and has extensive experience working with […]

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Accounts Payable Administrator – Closing 15 December

Applications are currently open for an Accounts Payable Administrator with National Treasury Managem

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Celebrating leadership and participation of people with disabilities – UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Today is United Nations’ International Day of Persons with Disabilities. This year’s theme – L

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COVID-19 vaccine boosters

People aged 60 or over and healthcare workers are currently being offered a COVID-19 vaccine booster

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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