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Muscular Dystrophy Association, Minnesota Chapter
About Muscular Dystrophy
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Resources for Individuals and Caretakers
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Minnesota Chapter offers a wide variety of resources for persons with Muscular Dystrophy and their caretakers. Those resources include: 

 

Employee/Individuals Resources

  • Initial diagnosis and follow-up care.
  • Therapy: Physical, occupational, respiratory, and speech. 
  • Genetic counseling. 
  • Equipment loan and purchase assistance:
    o Assistance with the purchase of wheelchairs and leg braces, as well as annual repairs.
    o An equipment pool offering selected recycled equipment at no cost.
    o MDA has gently used equipment that can be loaned out and returned when it is no longer needed. 
  • Assistance with payment of selected MDA clinic services not covered by private or public insurance plans or other community resources.
  • Support groups across the state for families, adults, and specific diseases.
  • MDA summer camps at Camp Courage and YMCA Camp Miller.
  • Awareness Conference held annually for patients, families, and the community.
  • Family holiday party.
  • Educational materials including brochures, pamphlets, and audiovisual materials on neuromuscular disease and care giving.
  • Bi-monthly national magazine: Quest

 

Caregiver Resources

  • Support groups across the state for families, adults, and specific diseases.
  • Awareness Conference held annually for patients, families, and the community.
  • Bi-monthly national magazine: Quest



 

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