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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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