The aim of the present study was to characterize and analyze the most important individual and organizational variables associated with job accommodation in subjects with degenerative cerebellar ataxia by administering a series of international and validated work activity-related scales. Twenty-four workers (W) and 58 non-workers (NW) were recruited: 34 with...

  For this tenth edition that is Ataxia and I, Manu will talk to you about the importance of friendship for her – for most of the handicapped probably – but also of her need to have often her moments of loneliness! Hello! Yes, I know, it’s been too long...

  Posted on: 2019-09-24 – Posted by: Ataxia Canada – Category: publications Deadline: October 24th, 2019   Dear Members, At the next annual general assembly on November 24th 2019, we will elect five (5) members to the Board of Directors. We are seeking to solicit nominations that satisfy some of...

We want to present the research of Martine Tétreault Assistant professor Department of neuroscience, University of Montreal The identification of the genetic causes and mechanisms associated with rare Mendelian diseases has always been an important challenge for the medical field. The identification of mutations and/or genes associated with a disease...

Hello dear reader! First, I want to apologize for the rate of publication of articles on this blog that has recently slowed down: the correction of my future publication takes me a lot of time, sorry! Also, I want to respond to a comment from a reader: I did not...

Darrin Rein is  self-employed as an IT Consultant in Kamloops British Columbia. He has a rare disease called Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), check out his blog at: https://whatdawhat.blogspot.com   Explaining my condition to people is not exactly on my top 10 list.  But if someone ever wants to know or understand,...

Current and emerging therapies for Friedrich’s Ataxia (FA) focus on reversing the deleterious effects of such deficiency including mitochondrial augmentation and increasing frataxin levels, providing the possibility of treatment options for this physiologically complex, multisystem disorder. In this review article, the authors discuss the current and prior in vivo and...