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EMA provides free legal advice: obtaining, maintaining or claims for coverage of specific medications for MS. General advice: work, family and discrimination associated with MS (not including judicial proceedings) Obtaining pensions, disability benefits or medication (legal remedies) Area social extra-resource management. Care program for people without financial resources. Presentations to social work. Shuttle. Information and turns. Certificate of disability (transport free pass, free parking, disability pension. Advising of social resources in job training and education. Bailment. Area Mental Health: Department of the newly diagnosed, support groups for patients and families. Counselors, psychotherapy, psychiatric and telephone follow-up inter-consultations. Neuro-rehabilitation, kinesiology, neuro-psychology, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, psychology and psychiatry. Interdisciplinary assessment and family counseling in communication disorders. Day Centre: Kinesiology and Occupational Therapy Group. Recreational therapeutic workshops
Improve quality of life of people with MS their familias  and social environment. Publicize the problem of MS.Training  professionals dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of MS.
Our main goals are to inform, guide and assist people with MS, their families and carers.
Journey to update health professionals
Goal:Provide updated information on developments and research on MS(multiple sclerosis).Description:(goods and services provided and / or activities performed).Table panelists (Medical Advisory Committee, medical specialists). Brochure and outreach materials, technicalDisplay (Projector, Canyon, screen, assistance certificates, catering service.
EMA goes to the community
Goal: Provide information about the Association and to raise public awareness about MS.Description: (goods and services provided and / or activities performed)Walks, cultural activities and dissemination activities (eg. World MSDay activity in Palermo:distribution of pins, stickers and brochures, festive activity with patients and families.Journeys inside the country to train and professionals in MS and inform as well patients and families about thedisease.
Group workshops
Goal:Providing services, social care, neuro-rehabilitation in groups, making patients work with peers and feelaccompanied. Oriented specially for the ones with no economic resources at all.Kinesiology and Occupational Therapy group divided according to their degree ofdisability, Neuro-Psychology (workshop report), support groups for patients and relatives.Recreational therapeutic workshops (yoga, gym conscious, theater, arts,literary and radio) and production. Briefings on developments in the MS. Updating.
Information resources
Goal: To inform, update and disseminate Multiple Sclerosis: its symptoms,adversities, its possibilities to access to medication, know your rights.Description: (goods and services provided and / or activities performed)14 informational booklets about the disease.4 magazines per year with a circulation of 2500 copies each.Books of patient testimonials.
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Inspección General de Justicia
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We get support through fundraising events such as: Readathon, Night of the Chefs, Golf Tournament, Art Auction and Christmas Bazaar. Our program EMA goes to the COMMUNITY is our main program, as we traveled around the country, spreading the updated news of MS on  patients and their families and health professionals and also, train them according to local needs. The Booklets that we publish and distribute to all hospitals and rehabilitation centers is very important to keep it updated. We are full members of the MSIF(www.msif.org) and we actively participate. We’ve just been elected as a member of the Board (from November 2011) and the working group World MS Day. Creating partnerships and programs with Latin America to have more representative is our goal. It is an objective too,  for 2012 Twinnings program with other European countries