Call for community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6

Throughout this December we’re joining with Neurological Alliance of Ireland and 21 other organisations as part of the #patientsdeservebetter campaign to call for a local community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6.   There is no team for adults with neurological conditions throughout Wicklow, Dun Laoghaire and Dublin South East, this is despite funding being in place […]

Coast 2 Coast Challenge in aid of IWA and MDI

It’s worth watching this short video of the lads’ Coast 2 Coast Challenge in aid of the Irish Wheelchair Association and Muscular Dystrophy Ireland. The emotion at the finish line highlighted the journey travelled and the enormous contribution made by the team of 8 runners to raise funds and awareness. Our huge thanks to everyone […]

Better Options – Online Education Event for Secondary School Students with Disabilities and Adults Returning to Education

What: Free 1 day online event for students with disabilities and specific learning difficulties, and adults with disabilities, exploring post-secondary school options in education. Available to: Adults returning to education or students with disabilities considering their post Leaving Cert educational options, parents and guidance counsellors in the Republic of Ireland. When: Better Options 2022 will take place online […]

MDI joins campaign for Investment in Community Neurorehabilitation Teams

Community neurorehabilitation teams provide vital care for people with a wide range of neurological conditions. However only 15 per cent of patients have access to a community neurorehabilitation team. Muscular Dystrophy Ireland will join with the Neurological Alliance of Ireland and twenty other national organisations this November to launch a nationwide campaign calling for investment […]

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