Dr. Naomi Adeyemi
Executive Director
Neurologist, 18 years in movement disorders.
About us
Hope for Ataxia began in 2019 around a kitchen table, when four families realised the equipment they needed cost less than the year they spent waiting for it.
Spinocerebellar Ataxia is inherited, progressive, and — for now — incurable. It takes coordination first, then speech, then independence. There are more than forty genetic subtypes and no single treatment path.
What exists, and works, is practical support delivered early: a rollator fitted properly, twelve weeks of balance therapy, a bathroom made safe, a carer given a night off. These things do not make headlines. They keep people at home, working, and with their families.

Team
Executive Director
Neurologist, 18 years in movement disorders.
Head of Programmes
Built our clinic partnership network across nine countries.
Director of Research
Chairs the SCA Research Consortium grant panel.
Finance & Transparency
Publishes our audited accounts every quarter.