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PEER SUPPORT SPACE FOR PARENTS AND CARERS OF MEMBERS WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

This workshop is free of charge and is aimed at and tailored to MDI members who are Parents/Carers. It will be virtually facilitated by Marianne Dwyer from Karuna, certified teacher in meditation, mindfulness and a qualified Counsellor, and Psychotherapist. We are warmly welcoming any newcomers who would like to join a session to get a […]

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PEER SUPPORT SPACE FOR MEMBERS WITH MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

This workshop is free of charge and is aimed at and tailored to MDI members who have Muscular Dystro

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VOICE will be running five online events Sep – Oct 2023

    Are you interested in taking part in a series of free online workshops relating to dis

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Reimbursement Approval of Evrysdi® for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

On 1 September the HSE announced that Risdiplam (Evrysdi®) has been approved for reimbursement in I

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Muscular Dystrophy Ireland CLG
75 Lucan Road, Chapelizod, Dublin D20 DR77
Telephone: 1800 245 300

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

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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
  • 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

2. Myotonic Disorders

  • Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
  • Myotonia
  • Myotonic Dystrophy

3. Congenital Myopathies

  • Central Core Myopathy
  • Congenital Fibre-type Disproportion 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 Myositis

  • 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

  • Friedreich’s Ataxia

12. Other (Please Specify)

13. Unspecified