Rebecca
Evans AM

Raredisease Day 2013
ASW speech

Welcome to Ataxia South Wales.

Have a browse around to see the various fundraising and awareness events we are involved with.

Ataxia South Wales is a branch of AtaxiaUK and covers all the South of Wales (a huge area) incorporating the areas covered by 6 Health boards and 16 Local authorities.

'Ataxia' means ‘lack of order’. People with ataxia have problems with movement, balance, and speech. Over 10,000 people in the UK have a form of ataxia. There is currently no cure but worldwide research is continuing to find an answer.

Croeso i atacsia De Cymru.

Edrychwch o gwmpas y wefan i weld y gwahanol ddigwyddiadau codi arian a chodi ymwybyddiaeth sydd ar y gweill.

Mae Atacsia De Cymru yn gangen o AtaxiaUK ac yn cwmpasu holl Dde Cymru (ardal enfawr), gan gynnwys y meysydd a gwmpesir gan chwech o fyrddau Iechyd a 16 o awdurdodau lleol.

Mae 'Atacsia' yn golygu 'diffyg trefn'. Mae pobl ag atacsia’n cael problemau gyda symud, cydbwysedd, a lleferydd. Mae gan dros 10,000 o bobl yn y DU rhyw fath o atacsia. Nid oes iachâd ar hyn o bryd ond mae ymchwil ledled y byd yn dal i geisio dod o hyd i ateb.

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