The Families of SMA Israel Association was established in 2002 by parents of newborns and children with the SMA disorder. It started as a self-help association aimed at helping patients with SMA-type muscular dystrophy and their families to cope with the disease and its implications. In 2006 it was registered as a non-profit organization (58-046-120-0), and in 2007 it has expanded its goals and worked to increase public awareness in the medical community and among the general public in order to eradicate the disease and to ensure better treatment for patients. Thanks to the activities of the association, the genetic test for the SMA is now included in the tests subsidized by the government for pregnant women.
Today there are several hundreds of members in the association and it is a member of the international Families of SMA association.
Thanks to its efforts, in cooperation with the Meshi Association, in 2014 a special clinic for children with muscular dystrophy will be opened at t