APN - Associação Portuguesa de Neuromusculares

The idea for the Association began to take shape in September 1991, when a group of parents felt the need to unite. At the time, the existing information was very scattered and not widely available. The first steps were then taken to officially create the APN, which happened on June 15, 1992.

Right from the start, there was a need to reach as many people as possible. The knowledge of the various pathologies and their causes, which at the time was beginning to show signs of evolution, gave the founders enormous hope for the future. All contacts were then made with our French counterpart AFM (Association Française contre les Myopathies), already established in the field and with experience in research and family care.