Condition-specific Patient Resources

Neurology patient resources spanning multiple conditions

- Brain Foundation (https://brainfoundation.org.au/)

Epilepsy and seizures

- Epilepsy Foundation (https://epilepsyfoundation.org.au)

- Epilepsy Action Australia (https://www.epilepsy.org.au/)

- Epilepsy Smart Australia (https://epilepsysmart.org.au/)

- Epilepsy Australia (https://epilepsyaustralia.net/)

- International League Against Epilepsy (https://www.ilae.org/), written for doctors although contains useful information for the interested reader

Neuromuscular conditions

Motor neuron disease (MND)/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

- MND Australia (https://www.mndaustralia.org.au/)

- MND New South Wales (https://www.mndnsw.org.au/)

- ALS Association (https://www.als.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

Myasthenia gravis (MG) and other neuromuscular junction disorders

- Myasthenia Alliance Australia (https://myastheniaalliance.org.au/)

- Myasthenia Gravis Association of NSW (https://www.myasthenia.au/)

- Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America (https://myasthenia.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

Myopathies (muscle diseases)

- Muscular Dystrophy Australia (https://www.mda.org.au/)

- Muscular Dystrophy Association (https://www.mda.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

- Myositis Association Australia (https://myositis.org.au/)

Stroke, transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and other cerebrovascular conditions

- Stroke Foundation Australia (https://strokefoundation.org.au/)

- Stroke Recovery Association NSW (https://strokensw.org.au/)

- American Stroke Association (https://www.stroke.org/en/), United States-based but contains useful information

- Stroke Association (https://www.stroke.org.uk/), United Kingdom-based but contains useful information

Migraine and other headache syndromes

- Migraine Australia (https://www.migraine.org.au/)

- Headache Australia (https://headacheaustralia.org.au/)

- The Migraine Trust (https://migrainetrust.org/), United Kingdom-based but contains useful information

- American Migraine Foundation (https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

- National Headache Foundation (https://headaches.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

- International Headache Society (https://ihs-headache.org/en/), written for doctors although contains useful information for the interested reader

Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other movement disorders

- Parkinson’s Australia (https://www.parkinsons.org.au/)

- Parkinson’s NSW (https://www.parkinsonsnsw.org.au/)

- Shake It Up Australia Foundation (https://shakeitup.org.au/)

- Fighting Parkinson’s (https://fightingparkinsons.org.au/)

- Fight Parkinson’s (https://www.fightparkinsons.org.au/)

- The Michael J. Fox Foundation (https://www.michaeljfox.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

- Parkinson’s Foundation (https://www.parkinson.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

- International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society (https://www.movementdisorders.org/For-Patients.htm), written for doctors although contains useful information for the interested reader

Multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neuroimmunological conditions

- MS Australia (https://www.msaustralia.org.au/)

- MS Plus (https://www.msplus.org.au/)

- MS International Federation (https://www.msif.org/)

- MS Society (https://www.mssociety.org.uk/), United Kingdom-based but contains useful information

- National Multiple Sclerosis Society (https://www.nationalmssociety.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

- Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (https://msfocus.org/home), United States-based but contains useful information

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), other dementias and other cognitive disorders

- Dementia Australia (https://www.dementia.org.au/)

- Alzheimer’s Disease International (https://www.alzint.org/)

- Alzheimer’s Association (https://www.alz.org/), United States-based but contains useful information

- Alzheimer’s Research Australia (https://alzheimersresearch.org.au/)

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and neuro-otology

- Vestibular Disorders Association (https://vestibular.org/)

Functional neurological disorder (FND)

- Neuro Symptoms (https://neurosymptoms.org/en/)

- FND Hope International (https://fndhope.org/)

- FND Australia (https://fndaustralia.com.au/)

- FND Australia Support Services Inc. (https://fndaus.org.au/)

Potential driving restrictions

- Austroads Assessing Fitness to Drive (https://austroads.gov.au/publications/assessing-fitness-to-drive/ap-g56), written for doctors although contains useful information for the interested reader