Founded in 1998, Associação Carioca de Distrofia Muscular ACADIM is an organization dedicated to providing care and support to those suffering from DMP (Muscular Dystrophy), fighting to secure rights and an increased quality of life, and to overturn myths surrounding the illness.

Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease which causes the progressive weakening of skeletal muscles, often resulting in immobility - The organization runs an informative digital newspaper, containing news, interviews and events, in order to bring together and disseminate information about the illness - ACADIM can be contacted via email here or on the organization's website on this link.