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• It’s all in your head report: The Brain Charity calls for independent review into diagnosis of neurological conditions 
  • Avril’s brain aneurysm story
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Posts by category

• Category: Advice
  • What I’ve learned from living with superficial siderosis
  • 10 things you didn’t know about epilepsy 
  • What is masking, what does it look like and how can it affect people?
  • Be online aware with The Brain Charity’s new SafetyNet course
  • The power of music: how singing benefits the brain
  • How to support neurodivergent employees and create a neuroinclusive workplace
  • How to get employers to take headaches seriously
  • Ten tips for dealing with MS
  • Guest post: how to overcome scanxiety
  • Learn practical maths skills to help you save money during the cost of living crisis
  • What are reasonable adjustments, and how to ask for them
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: How you can prevent disease today – and find out about your own health
  • LGBTQIA+ and neurodiversity: the links between neurodivergence and being LGBTQ+
  • What is functional neurological disorder? Explaining the most common condition you have never heard of
  • Need charity fundraising ideas? From cake sale and skydives to the Three Peaks Challenge, The Brain Charity’s supporters help us hit £1 million for first time
  • How to regain and improve swallowing
  • Things to do online for free: fun online activities you can take part in from home
  • Why neurodivergent women are diagnosed with ADHD and autism later in life, and what this means for their careers
  • What is Lyme disease? Awareness of bacterial infection grows as celebrities share their stories
  • The incredible ways creativity can improve brain health
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: The 5 best neurology podcasts to listen to
  • The art of building confidence and 5 ways to raise your self-esteem
  • Neurodivergent, neurodiversity and neurotypical: a guide to the terms
  • What is Disability Confident? Ensuring employers don’t miss out on the skills of staff with disabilities
  • Walking football: Why this slower-paced version of the beautiful game is no less enjoyable
  • Common employer misconceptions about disabilities
  • Five top tips on finding a job – from our employment team
  • The rise in COVID-19-related anxiety – and how to help
  • Six things no one tells you when your child is diagnosed with a neurological condition
  • Are you living with long COVID? Here’s how to manage your symptoms at home
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Support for Auditory processing disorder
  • How to help someone living with dementia deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
  • What is neurodiversity? Explaining how some people’s brains work differently
  • What is neuroplasticity? The brain’s incredible ability to change itself
  • What’s spoon theory? The metaphor helping people with chronic illnesses and disabilities plan their days
  • Four world famous artists with disabilities
  • Four things you didn’t know about occupational therapy
  • Eat Mediterranean! Links between brain health and food revealed
  • Guest post: A deep dive into OCD
  • Had the jab? Why it’s vital people with neurological conditions get their COVID-19 vaccine
  • Don’t suffer in silence – if you’re lonely, try our phone befriending service
  • Five things you didn’t know about music and dementia
  • Study links neurological complications to coronavirus
  • A day in the life of The Brain Charity’s Information and Advice Officers
  • What is ‘long COVID’? Explaining the long-term effects of COVID-19
  • Five tips for finding peace at home with anxiety during COVID-19
  • Guest post: top 5 life insurance tips for people with multiple sclerosis
  • Guest post: the importance of mental health during COVID-19
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: How to restore your self-esteem after a brain injury
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: What is Fibromyalgia, and how the Fibromates support group can help
  • Is there a link between coronavirus and long-term neurological symptoms?
  • What is voice banking? The technology helping people with neurological conditions maintain independence
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Driving Mobility centres: helping with driving, accessibility and independence
  • A lifetime of neurology: how understanding of the brain has changed over 25 years
  • Explaining government thinking on sickness and disability
• Category: Campaigns
  • Neurodiversity training delivered to 300 working in criminal justice system 
  • Ask your MP to attend The Brain Charity’s ‘It’s All In Your Head’ campaign launch 
  • Help us raise awareness of neurological conditions in Parliament
  • Endura creates bike helmets using real life head injury scans in partnership with The Brain Charity
  • Understanding neurodiversity could play key role in improving criminal justice system
  • Making sure your voice is heard: The Brain Charity calls for specialist neurological mental health support for people with brain injuries
  • Mum bereaved by glioblastoma calls for awareness of similarities between brain tumour and mental illness symptoms
• Category: Employment
  • Find the Value of You: The Brain Charity launches free confidence coaching
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Fighting for employment without barriers for people with MS
  • Guest post: Five neurodiversity myths every employer must challenge
  • Is your job ad unwittingly putting off candidates with disabilities from applying?
  • Congratulations to first graduates of The Brain Charity’s Neuroversity jobs course
  • Be first to hear about exciting job opportunities when you register with our employment team
  • Liverpool County FA announces 2-year partnership with The Brain Charity
  • Looking for work? Meet The Brain Charity’s new Employment and Welfare Projects team
• Category: Events
  • Happy Birthday to us! 
  • A night at the Circus 
  • The Brain Charity’s annual carol concert 2023
  • The Brain Charity takes Neurovision to London
  • Meet the winners of the Liverpool Poetry Prize 2023
  • Liverpool Poetry Prize returns for 2023: £1,000 top prize up for grabs
  • The Brain Charity’s Ice Ball raises nearly £20,000
  • Free Liverpool Santa Dash places available and charity Christmas cards on sale
  • Winners of Liverpool Poetry Prize announced
  • Renowned Liverpool poet Roger McGough to judge inaugural Liverpool Poetry Prize
  • Tickets selling fast for The Brain Charity’s Roaring 20s Ball
  • Stroke survivors improved ability to communicate by making art inspired by British Library sound archive
• Category: Fundraising
  • Malmaison & Hotel du Vin team up with The Brain Charity to raise awareness of neurodiversity
  • Dedicated fundraisers conquer stormy weather
  • Mark Radcliffe’s UNE headline A Night at the Electro Circus
  • Will You… Help The 1 in 6 With Neurological Conditions?
  • More than a roof: Raising £150,000 to secure the future of The Brain Charity’s HQ
  • Making a difference: more extraordinary charity fundraising efforts from our 30 for 30 fundraisers
  • The Brain Charity chosen as featured charity by Scrap Car Comparison
  • Vote for The Brain Charity to win donation from My Favourite Voucher Codes
  • Win one of the world’s most graphic cycling helmets
  • Double your donation to The Brain Charity’s warm hub fund for free
  • Teenage popstar records song about his experience of dyslexia
  • Fundraiser creates 30 different neurological conditions in makeup over 30 days
  • The Brain Charity’s Christmas appeal 2022 raises more than £43,000
  • Mark The Brain Charity’s 30th birthday by taking part in our 30 for 30 fundraising challenge
  • Dad paralysed during Parkrun and given 30% chance of survival learns to walk again
  • LCFA’s first County Cup finals for 3 years bring in £1,000 funding boost for The Brain Charity
  • Three cheers for The Brain Charity’s latest fabulous fundraisers – who’ve raised thousands
  • Campervan winner donates £500 to The Brain Charity in memory of sister who died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  • We might need a bigger trophy cabinet! The Brain Charity scoops two prestigious awards
  • “I’m more like my old self”: How speech and language therapy and neuroplasticity helped four people with aphasia communicate again
  • Generosity of Brain Charity supporters sees Christmas appeal raise more than £31,000
  • Large anonymous donation allows Brain Charity to open specialist neuro-gym
  • DIY novice builds 50ft bridge across garden pond in lockdown to raise thousands for The Brain Charity
  • Clients from The Brain Charity star in national BBC TV appeal – presented by Sir Michael Palin
  • The Brain Charity could win £12,000 – with your help
  • The Brain Charity receives surprise Christmas gift from Yoko Ono
  • Marathon effort for The Brain Charity’s tireless fundraisers
  • Brain haemorrhage survivor runs eight marathons in eight days for The Brain Charity
  • Stunning summer fundraising success as donations roll in for The Brain Charity
  • Grants and trusts: what are they, and how does The Brain Charity use them?
  • The Brain Charity hits best month ever for individual giving: thanks to incredible fundraisers
  • The Brain Charity welcomes new patron – musician Henry Priestman
  • The Brain Charity could become the UK’s first charity to have its own edible wall
• Category: Guest blogs
  • Guest post: supporting loved ones in their health journey
  • Making light of life with epilepsy: dealing with complex partial seizures
  • A message from Nanette Mellor, The Brain Charity’s outgoing CEO
  • Guest post: how body donation programmes can help in the fight against neurological conditions
  • Guest post: How can prisoners with brain injuries be better supported?
  • My boy has Sturge-Weber syndrome and myasthenia gravis, but he takes everything in his stride
  • Neurodivergence, ADHD and dance music
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Liverpool’s Everyman – an accessible and disability friendly theatre in Merseyside
  • New mum who fell asleep next to her baby and woke up in hospital after brain aneurysm ruptured shares recovery story
  • Crime and neurodiversity: how can our systems be improved?
  • My daughter had surgery to disconnect the right side of her brain – I’ve never regretted making the choice
• Category: Neurodiversity
  • Submissions for Neurodiversity Arts Festival 2024 now open
  • The Brain Charity partners with ITN Business to release ‘Inside Neurology: Our Unique Brain’
  • Dyspraxic handbag designer says disability inspires her ideas
  • Neurodiversity – my journey and my family
  • Why is it important to celebrate neurodiversity?
  • The Brain Charity launches free neurodiversity training for people working with offenders
  • Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system: helping prisoners with neurological conditions get extra support
• Category: News
  • Jacob’s UBE2A story: “Success at tribunal helped us buy our son’s medical equipment” 
  • We need to hear your views! Tell us how your condition affects you – and how we can help
  • Spotlight on: JOL Illustrations
  • Pippa Sargent’s first 6 months as CEO of The Brain Charity
  • The Brain Charity calls for “drastic change” as only 3 in 10 autistic people in employment
  • A look at The Brain Charity’s arts projects 2023
  • Volunteer Voices: Meet Charlotte
  • Former Patron for The Brain Charity honoured with lasting Liverpool tribute 
  • Volunteer voices: Kirsty’s brain tumour story 
  • The Brain Charity raises awareness of delays to diagnosis in Parliament 
  • “It really boosted my self-esteem”: The Value of You helps 200 improve confidence 
  • Impact of COVID-19 on The Brain Charity revealed
  • The Brain Charity appoints Pippa Sargent as new CEO
  • Farewell to Brain Charity chef Chris Wall after 30 years of service
  • In loving memory of Janet Ireland, 1961 – 2023
  • Vote for your favourite Neurovision performer
  • Search for new CEO begins as Nanette Mellor to leave The Brain Charity after 9 years
  • The Brain Charity awarded office revamp worth £1,000 by BlindsbyPost
  • Brain Charity client who began acting career after stroke stars in global L’Oréal beauty campaign
  • Specialist Neuro Psychotherapy launches at The Brain Charity
  • Famous teddy Bearsac visits Brain Charity’s centre
  • Meeting room hire in Liverpool: check out The Brain Charity’s revamped and fully accessible rooms for hire
  • The Brain Charity’s annual report 2021 – 2022
  • Hero pet which saved Brain Charity client and her husband from burglars awarded animal bravery prize
  • Free group counselling sessions launch at The Brain Charity
  • We’re joining the food revolution! Edible wall providing hydroponically grown food for Brain Food Café
  • Donations swap supports Royal Liverpool Hospital dementia patients and Brain Charity clients
  • Lack of understanding biggest issue facing people with neurological conditions, Brain Charity clients say
  • The Brain Charity welcomes three new trustees
  • Success of cycling scheme proves wheels really are for all – with 245 miles ridden
  • Brain Charity staff stationed at Women’s Hospital will be a lifeline for pregnant mums and new parents
  • “Overnight, demand skyrocketed”: COVID-19 impact laid bare in The Brain Charity’s annual report
  • New shower room is officially open
  • Brain Charity intern voted top volunteer by Liverpool John Moores University
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: PANS PANDAS – ‘naughty’ kids could actually have rare brain condition
  • How The Farm helped people who couldn’t speak sing again
  • Supporting patients from their hospital beds during pandemic – thanks to iPads
  • Brain Charity service users take part in new mental health podcast
  • Music Makes Us! The Brain Charity’s musical dementia workshops go virtual
  • Quilter Cheviot awards The Brain Charity £150,000 as part of its dementia initiative
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Asperger’s in society – the hidden mental health crisis
  • The Brain Charity spearheads national study on impact of COVID-19 on people with dementia
  • The Brain Charity is home to Liverpool’s new Changing Places facility
  • The Brain Charity’s lockdown delivery service dishes out 1,104 food packs
  • The Brain Charity honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
• Category: Real life stories
  • Alan’s head injury story: “I signed up to volunteer after The Brain Charity helped me”
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: A retired army colonel’s journey across Africa to raise awareness of Parkinson’s
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Cerebral palsy campaign highlights barriers – by asking public to complete tasks with one hand
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Subdural Hematoma – a comedy show from a near death encounter
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Opening a window into Asperger’s – with poetry
  • Spud the hamster’s lockdown adventures kept world smiling through lockdown
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: The Purple Angel Campaign – busting myths around dementia while living with it
  • Popstar Kiesza’s ‘story of hope’ after car crash caused traumatic brain injury
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Merseyside stroke survivor promoting positivity through A Stroke of Luck
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: UK’s first rare disease podcast launched by 24-year-old with heart defect
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Playing ‘My Mother’s Music’ to support people living with dementia
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Brain tumour survivor films video diary while having radiotherapy
  • COVID-19 didn’t stop The Brain Charity’s volunteers from having their dream wedding
• Category: Spotlight on series
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Incurably Wonderful
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: A history of disabled access – the movement to make Britain’s buildings more accessible and disability-friendly
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: The Alzheimer’s Society’s dementia e-news helps solve common questions
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower hits the road
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Every Mind Matters shows how small things can make a big difference
  • SPOTLIGHT ON: Planting the seeds of recovery – how therapeutic gardening transforms lives

Donation Forms

• Roof appeal donate form
• Main donate form

Products

• Dementia-friendly colouring book
• Dementia-friendly wooden puzzle
• The Brain Charity cycling jersey
• Cute animal charity Christmas cards 2023 - festive donkeys and Rudolf reindeer marshmallows
• Charity Christmas cards 2023 - Nature in winter for gardeners, modern illustration
• Christian Nativity charity Christmas cards 2023 - three kings, Jesus in manger, religious
• Dinosaur charity Christmas cards - fun cartoon 10 pack
• Christmas cake recipe charity Christmas cards - pack of 10
• Cartoon fun gnome charity Christmas cards 2023 – multipack
• Vintage children charity Christmas cards - cute B&W photographs pack of 10
• Gold fundraising challenge deposit
• Bronze fundraising challenge deposit
• Silver fundraising challenge deposit
• Dove of peace charity Christmas cards - neon graphic pack of 10
• Hidden Disabilities Sunflower set
• Sunflower lanyard to show hidden disabilities
• Robin holly charity Christmas cards - winter wildlife snow 10 pack
• Ice Ball ticket - best Liverpool Christmas party 2022
• The Brain Charity dog bandana
• The Brain Charity running vest
• Kitchen apron with embroidered logo
• Full-zip hooded sweatshirt with logo
• The Brain Charity bobble hat
• Beanie hat with logo
• 30th anniversary pin badge
• Neuro psychotherapy
• Neurodiversity in the workplace: Awareness webinar
• Neurodiversity awareness presentation
• Hidden Disabilities Sunflower card
• Clear plastic wallet
• Half day neurodiversity awareness training
• Half day neurodiversity awareness training for managers
• Half day neurodiversity awareness training for recruiters
• Full day neurodiversity awareness training
• Donation

Case Studies

• Louis’ Neurofibromatosis 1 story: “The Brain Charity has really helped me get in a better place”
• John’s story: “The Brain Charity’s Music Makes Us! sessions gave my 96-year-old dad a complete new lease of life”
• Rupak’s MS story: “I was homeless after my diagnosis – The Brain Charity finding me a home was irreplaceable”
• Shirley’s syringomyelia story: "Just 0.008% of people have my rare condition – The Brain Charity stopped me from becoming a recluse"
• Kamani’s functional neurological disorder story: “Applying for PIP left me feeling anxious and helpless – the Brain Charity helped me change my life”
• John's CADASIL story: "CADASIL causes me stress and anxiety. The Brain Charity's employment team fills me with confidence."
• William's Down's syndrome story: "We feel so lucky we discovered The Brain Changer Arts Project during the COVID-19 lockdowns"
• Mary's autism story: "Welfare benefits applications are so stressful - The Brain Charity was a total game changer"
• Pauline's executive dysfunction story: "COVID left me isolated: The Brain Charity welcomed me with open arms"
• Paul's subarachnoid haemorrhage story: "I had to relearn how to walk and fell into debt. The Brain Charity was a breath of fresh air"
• Dominick’s AVM story: “I thought I was too young to have a stroke at 24 – The Brain Charity motivated me to keep going”
• Rose’s aphasia story: "A stroke took my voice away. Singing in The Brain Charity's choir helped me find it again"
• Ian's Huntington's Disease story
• Donna’s story: "My granddaughter was born with a rare brain condition – The Brain Charity’s help was invaluable"
• Debbie’s bipolar story: “I was struggling inside - The Brain Charity gave me the courage to get back into the workplace”
• Peyton’s functional neurological disorder story: “Being diagnosed changed my life for the better”
• Kim’s migraine story: “I thought only elderly people had strokes; The Brain Charity gave me a new lease of life”
• Paul’s Motor Neurone Disease story: “The spirit of community at The Brain Charity makes me feel better about life”
• Jan’s brain tumour story: "The prospect of doing nothing was daunting; volunteering helped me get back to being me"
• Rose's posterior fossa syndrome story: “She was paralysed after tumour op; art helped her hold scissors again”
• Joanne’s cerebral palsy story: “I was accused of being drunk due to a lack of understanding of my disability”
• Laura's foreign accent syndrome story: "I stopped leaving the house, but at The Brain Charity I'm accepted"
• Lindsey’s MS story: "Diagnosis was like falling into a hole - The Brain Charity's help was life-changing"
• Graham’s brain haemorrhage story: "I went from working in intensive care to being there myself"
• Craig’s COVID-19 story: “The Brain Charity’s weekly phone befriending calls kept me alive during the pandemic”
• Hazel’s dementia story: “Dementia took away my husband’s ability to speak; Music Makes Us! helped us reconnect”
• Stephen's COVID-19 story: "It's no exaggeration to say The Brain Charity was a life saver"
• Jeanie's brain tumour story: "I was terrified for my family; The Brain Charity helped me regain control"
• Gerard's stroke story: "I was left with nothing, but The Brain Charity saved me from going under"
• Sam's ADHD story: “I was lurching from crisis to crisis; The Brain Charity put my mind at ease”
• John's fibromyalgia story: "I've gone from champion jockey to championing carers' rights"
• Marie's brain tumour story: "I said goodbye to my newborn daughter and had to learn to walk again"
• Viktor’s autism story: “Employers saw me as weird, but The Brain Charity helped me follow my dreams”
• Teresa's neurodiversity story: "I’ve been called stupid since I was young, but The Brain Charity built my confidence"
• Faith's Chiari malformation story: “The Brain Changer Arts Project helps her love the physio she needs”
• Karl’s Chiari malformation story: “Some dads get to put their children on their shoulders, I’ve never been able to”
• Blossom’s dyspraxia story: "She was falling behind – now she can celebrate her neurodiversity"
• Sarah’s brain injury story: "My head turned 180 degrees – The Brain Charity freed me from staring at four walls”
• Ian's brain injury story: "I forgot my wife and kids after I was brutally attacked by a stranger on Christmas Eve"
• Trina’s brain haemorrhage story: "Life changed overnight, The Brain Charity stopped me going under"
• Christine’s epilepsy story: "Before there was loneliness from being trapped inside, but now I don’t feel alone"
• Ian’s COVID-19 story: "Without The Brain Charity’s lifeline, I wouldn’t have been able to put food on the table"
• Carmen’s Stiff Person Syndrome story: "I used to travel, but my one in a million condition left me unable to leave my home"
• Matthew’s autism story: "I'm often treated differently, but not working at The Brain Charity"
• Jane’s Leigh Syndrome story: "I felt abandoned – but The Brain Charity helped me make friends"
• Sonya’s brain haemorrhage story: "I nearly died, people don’t take my invisible disability seriously"
• Phillip’s COVID-19 story: "There is nowhere near enough humility in the world, but The Brain Charity showed me plenty"
• Sarah’s stroke story: "I lost friends after a head-on car crash, but I don’t feel like an outsider at The Brain Charity"
• Pamela’s aphasia story: "I couldn’t speak at all after a stroke – but now I have the confidence to meet new people"
• Rachel's brain haemorrhage story: “I had to relearn how to talk; The Brain Charity has been a lifeline”

Services

• The Neuro Gym 
• Expert legal advice you can trust
• Social activities, workshops and classes
• Feeling lonely? Our phone befrienders can help
• Support during a hospital stay
• Boost your confidence and gain skills by volunteering at The Brain Charity
• Free counselling and mental health support
• Counselling at The Brain Charity
• Knowing your rights at work
• Activities for children and young people
• Workshops for people with dementia
• Join a support group
• The Brain Charity's library
• The Brain Charity's legal partners
• Online video workshops for people with dementia
• Physiotherapy through dance for people with dementia
• Occupational therapy for children through art and craft
• Dementia speech and language therapy through singing
• Support for carers
• Living with your neurological condition
• Physiotherapy through dance for young people
• Applying for welfare benefits
• Search our library catalogue online
• Dealing with a new diagnosis

Conditions

• Facial palsy
• Superficial siderosis
• Metachromatic leukodystrophy
• Lorenzo’s oil disease
• Hereditary hyperekplexia
• Foetal alcohol spectrum disorders
• Niemann-Pick disease
• Fragile X syndrome
• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Tuberous sclerosis
• Vascular dementia
• Lissencephaly
• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• ADEM
• Neuromyelitis optica
• Behcet’s disease
• Dyspraxia
• Post-polio syndrome
• Stiff Person Syndrome
• Concussion
• Spinocerebellar ataxias
• Episodic ataxia
• Ataxia-telangiectasia
• Friedreich’s ataxia
• Myelopathy
• Sciatica
• Subdural haematoma
• Intraparenchymal haemorrhage
• Epidural haematoma
• Sticky blood syndrome
• Traumatic brain injury
• Ependymoma
• Meningioma
• Fungal meningitis
• Viral meningitis
• Bacterial meningitis
• Binswanger’s disease
• Raynaud’s syndrome
• Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
• HIV neurological disorders
• Dopa-responsive dystonia
• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
• Paroxysmal dyskinesia
• Cushing’s syndrome
• Atrial fibrillation and stroke
• Corticobasal degeneration
• Haemorrhagic stroke
• Glioma
• Posterior fossa syndrome
• Transient ischaemic attack
• Auditory processing disorder
• Narcolepsy
• Landau-Kleffner syndrome
• Brain tumour
• Syringomyelia
• Dandy-Walker syndrome
• Charcot Marie Tooth disease
• Acoustic neuroma
• Sarcoidosis
• Restless legs syndrome
• PANS / PANDAS
• Vertigo
• Apraxia
• Lupus
• Long COVID
• Stroke
• Locked-in syndrome
• Lyme disease
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome
• CADASIL
• Transverse myelitis
• Leigh syndrome
• Huntington's disease
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• Spina bifida
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Sjögren's syndrome
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Essential tremor
• Bell's palsy
• Trigeminal neuralgia
• Autism
• Meningitis
• Down's syndrome
• CSF leak
• Charles Bonnet syndrome
• Alzheimer's
• Dystonia
• Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• Brain injury
• Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)
• Cluster headaches
• Subarachnoid brain haemorrhage
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
• Tourette syndrome
• Dementia
• Epilepsy
• Hereditary spastic paraplegia
• Cavernoma
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Cauda equina syndrome
• Neurofibromatosis
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