The AHC association of Iceland is a non-profit organization offering support for affected patients and their families.
AHC is short for Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood. Plegia refers to forms of paralysis of the body and or limbs, Hemi adds the scale of half the entire body to it and Alternating indicates that the forms of paralysis may change from one side of the body to the other. Childhood means that the disease is most often diagnosed during childhood.
AHC is a very rare neurological disorder with only about 250 patients worldwide.
