MGA Overview

The Myasthenia Gravis Association (MGA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of people with MG, a neuromuscular disease by:

• Assisting patients and their families in coping with this disease through education, diagnosis, treatment, and support
  
  
• Disseminating information to persons with MG, their families, the medical community, and the general public
  
  
• Supporting research into the cause, prevention, and cure of MG
  
  
• Raising funds to facilitate individual services and programs, education, and research

Since 1962, MGA has been providing services and programs to the entire eastern half of Michigan including:

• Detroit
• Wayne
• Oakland
• Macomb
• Washtenaw
• Monroe counties

Services include:

• New patient orientation meetings
• Counseling and referrals by a staff social worker
• Support group meetings
• Financial assistance for patients with special needs
• MGA newsletter
• Phone network of peer support facilitated by MG patients
• Annual education symposium
• Literature and videos on MG, medications, treatments, etc.
• ID necklaces, bracelets, and wallet cards
• Information packets for school officials
• Information about low cost prescriptions
• Hospital and home visitation by other MG members
• Booklet for teens diagnosed with MG and a companion booklet for parents
• Social events