Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with ALS (motor neurone disease) is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Germany
- ALS-Deutschland: Verbund der ALS-VereineNationwide federation of German ALS associations that gives people with ALS and relatives a voice and holds a monthly online meeting.All of Germany
- ALS-Hilfe Bayern e.V.Munich-based association helping people with ALS and relatives in Bavaria, with patient and relatives meetings and help with aids.München
- ALS-mobil e.V.Association of people with ALS and relatives offering information, counselling, help with applications and aids, and meetups in Berlin, Potsdam and Leipzig.All of Germany
- ALS-Selbsthilfegruppe Region StuttgartOnline self-help group for people with ALS and their relatives in the Stuttgart region, offering exchange, support and practical tips via Zoom meetings.Stuttgart
- Chance zum Leben – ALS e.V.Association supporting people with ALS and their families, funding therapies and aids, raising awareness and offering an ALS guide flyer.Enger
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Muskelkranke e.V. (DGM)German patient association for people with neuromuscular diseases, including ALS, SMA and Duchenne muscular dystrophy; member of the ALS/MND Alliance, SMA Europe and WDO.All of Germany
- Diagnose ALS was nun e.V.German association for people with ALS and their relatives, offering advice, support, information and brochures and books for patients, families and children.All of Germany
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in Germany and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes ALS (motor neurone disease).
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without ALS (motor neurone disease) to compare with. Family and friends can help.