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Shared in September 2014, this heartwarming story from LOCAL 12 is all about the Baker family. Sadly, their son Logan died from muscular dystrophy at just 13 months old. However, Logan’s life was not in vain, and he was able to donate his organs. Children with DMD…

The Fundamentals of Caring is an excellent Netflix film that focuses on what it’s like to have muscular dystrophy as a teenager and what it’s like to be a carer. **Warning: the film contains explicit language** Find out what it’s like to live with a muscle degenerative…

In this video shared in November 2015, Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence pranks the internet comedy duo Smosh with the help of Dylan Miceli-Nelson, a 15-year-old young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. **Warning: Video contains adult language** Discover five inspiring muscular dystrophy stories here.  Usually, Ian Andre Hecox and…

This MDA video–a part of its Live Unlimited initiative– is all about Haley Frieler. Haley was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at two years old and has spent her life in a wheelchair. She hasn’t let her SMA get in the way of achieving her goal of working in…

In this informative video made by Superelectric and Jelle de Jonge for World Duchenne Awareness Day, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is explored using simple computer-generated graphics to illustrate who the disease affects, its symptoms and the progression of the disease from infancy into adulthood. Find out more about…

In this episode of Muscle Owl Talks from Muscle Owl, host Peter Duffy meets Jon Hastie, a Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient who made the film A Life Worth Living. Jon talks about the film and his charity DMD Pathfinders and what it’s like to be…

This video from Muscular Dystrophy WA shares Laura’s story. Laura is a 22-year-old university student from Western Australia who has Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. She’s studying for a Bachelor of Criminology and Justice with the hope of one day working with criminal offenders on parole. Find out more…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsASIV_fiMo In this video from Michelle Durante, we see demonstrations of exercises designed to help muscular dystrophy patients. Michelle talks about some of the types of muscular dystrophy and how adapted exercises can help slow the progression of the disease. Find out more about the nine different types…

Duchenne and Becker are two of the most common types of muscular dystrophy (MD). Both types of the disease mainly affect boys, with Duchenne MD (DMD) usually being diagnosed between the ages of three and five, and Becker MD (BMD) between the ages of 11 and 25. Although they tend to…

In this inspiring video from MDA, we meet Jimmy Valdes and his wife, Julie. Originally from Queens, New York, 47-year-old Jimmy was diagnosed with spinal muscular dystrophy (SMA) in 1971 at two years old. Discover how living with a degenerative muscular disease affects these two people’s lives. …