MDAFACTS

INDEX:

WHAT YOUR
MDA
DONATIONS
WILL
DO

MDA FACTS:

NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES
AFFECT OVER 950 FAMILIES ACROSS
ACADIANA.

$200 COVCERS A DIAGNOSTIC
WORK-UP AT ONE OF MDA'S 240
HOSPITAL-AFFILIATED CLINICS.

THERE ARE 43 DIFFERENT TYPES OF
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY DISEASES.

76% OF EVERY DOLLAR MDA
SPENDS GOES DIRECTLY TO
RESEARCH, HEALTH CARE SERVICES
AND EDUCATION.

HUMAN GENE THERAPY IS BEING
CONDUCTED IN OHIO FOR
DUCHENNE DISEASE WHERE THEY
ARE HOPING TO FIND TREATMENT.

WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS!

* $2,000 ASSISTS SOMEONE
WITH THE PURCHASE OF A
WHEELCHAIR, LEG BRACES OR
COMMUNICATION DEVICE.

* $25 PAYS FOR A FLU SHOT
BECAUSE RESPIRATORY
DISEASE COULD BE VERY
DANGEROUS FOR THOSE WITH
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.

* $600 SENDS A KID TO ONE OF
MDA'S 90 SUMMER CAMP
SESSIONS.

* 3900 PAYS FOR AN HOUR OF
MDA'S RESEARCH SEEKING
TREATMENTS AND CURES FOR
MORE THAN 40
NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES.