Motor Neurone disease

Natalie has seen her body and speech deteriorate; she has lost her independence and dignity — but she says new research into motor neurone disease has given her hope for those diagnosed in the future.

Australians with MND who have rapidly changing needs fear they will lose a priority pathway to access the National Disability Insurance Scheme under Labor’s planned changes.

Despite voluntary assisted dying being legal in Victoria, many regional patients are not getting the same end-of-life care. 

Tasmanian grandmother Kelli Skipper had to travel for hours to get the medical treatment she needed after being diagnosed with a form of motor neurone disease. She is now calling for change. 

The star was best known for his role as Dr Mark Sloan in long-running medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and as the patriarch of the Jacobs family in teen hit Euphoria.

Lewis Moody, a former England rugby captain who helped his side win the 2003 World Cup, has been diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease.

One week into her 1,000-kilometre trek of WA's Bibbulmun Track, 70-year-old Catherine Perversi says "the stillness is sublime" — and she would not be anywhere else.  

A decision to make smaller scale, immersive shows has helped Patch Theatre make profound impacts on Australian kids.

The Grey's Anatomy and Euphoria star says he will continue to work and is grateful to have his family by his side.

Researchers have established Australia's first motor neurone disease surveillance centre in a region where residents are three times more likely to contract the disease. 

Roz Hervey has accessed voluntary assisted dying two years on from her Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis.

Norm Hewitt died in Wellington on Monday night aged 55 of motor neurone disease.

Rob Burrow, a former England rugby league star, died at the weekend following an MND diagnosis in 2019. What are the most common symptoms of the disease? 

A dying mum could only communicate by blinking. She needed hospital staff to help convey a message, but they didn't want to hear it.

The member for Pakenham has announced that she is in the early stages of motor neurone disease.

Warren Acott, 66, is riding his lawnmower to Canberra to raise awareness of motor neurone disease.

Warren Acott, 66, was diagnosed with the condition seven months ago. From a pub in Victoria, he is taking a petition to Canberra in the hope of improving knowledge about the disease.

A Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis means time is ticking for arts veteran Roz Hervey, making her determined to make memories whenever she can.

Fiona MacDonald knows that time is running out, but she's not sitting still.

A cruel and incurable disease took former TV personality Fiona MacDonald's voice, and her trademark quick wit and banter with it. But she's not staying silent.