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MDI provides support for people and their families who are living with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular conditions.

MDI provides a range of supports for patients and families including the Home From Home Apartment in Dublin, family support service, information service and youth respite service.

Conditions covered by MDI include:

1. Muscular Dystrophies

Becker-muscular-dystrophy
Congenital-muscular-dystrophy – General
– Merosin-deficient-congenital-muscular-dystrophy (MDC1A)
– Rigid Spine Syndrome-SEPN1-related-myopathy
– Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Limb-girdle types of muscular dystrophy (LGMD) – General
– LGMD-1B (also known as Liminopathy
– LGMD1C (also known as Caveolinopathy)
– LGMD-2A (also known as Calpainopathy)
– LGMD2B (also known as Dysferlinopathy)
– LGMD-2I
– LGMD-2L
– LGMD2C, LGMD2D, GMD2E and LGMD2F
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD)

2. Myotonic Disorders

Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
Myotonia x
Myotonic-Dystrophy

3. Congenital Myopathies

Central Core Myopathy
Congenital Fibre Type Disproportion Myopathy
Minicore (Multicore) Myopathy
Myotubular Centronuclear Myopathy
Nemaline Rod Myopathies

4. Mitochondrial Myopathies

5. Metabolic Disorders

McArdle Disease
Metaboolic Conditions x

6. Periodic Paralyses

7. Autoimmune Myositis

Polymyositis Dermatomyositis
Juvenile Dermatomyositis (JDM)
Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)

8. Spinal Muscular Atrophies – (SMA Factsheets taken from Jennifer Trust Website)

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

9. Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (also known as Peroneal muscular atrophy)

10. Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

Myasthenia Gravis