About the MDA’s ALS Division

The Muscular Dystrophy Association’s ALS Division provides help and hope to families living with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a voluntary national health agency dedicated to the eradication of 43 neuromuscular diseases that affect more than 1 million Americans. The MDA is a dedicated partnership between health care professionals, scientists, and concerned citizens, which provides help and hope to families facing the challenges of living with neuromuscular diseases. Programs available through the MDA are funded almost entirely by the generosity of individual public contributors; the Association receives no government funding.

Help...
Is provided to families through 36 MDA sponsored ALS Centers around the country, including the ALS Center at Emory University in Atlanta as well as through other MDA services such as ALS support groups and support networks, professional and public health education, and advocacy programs.

Hope...
Is provided to families through MDA funded research aimed at identifying the causes and cures for ALS. We at the MDA believe that there are no diseases without cures, only diseases for which cures have not been found.

Your support means help today and hope for tomorrow!