Get those cameras ready! MDA is seeking Make-a-Muscle pix and photos of accessibility makeovers
posted on July 28, 2011 - 10:33am
This summer, MDA is inviting everyone to participate in its new "Make a Muscle, Make a Difference" public awareness campaign by submitting photos of friends and family flexing their muscles for MDA.
MDA also is seeking photos for its "Accessible Spaces Gallery" debuting in August on the MDA Transitions Resource Center, a website designed to help young people with muscle diseases make the...
Tech-savvy Girl Scouts designed and built an award-winning wheelchair backup camera for friends with SMA
posted on May 25, 2011 - 12:18pm
Ten-year-old Quinn Schnitzlein has been using a power chair since he was 3, so he’s a pretty good driver. But the boy from Marietta, Ga., who has spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), often bumped into things when he backed up.
One day last year, Quinn and some friends were at a fast-food restaurant. “We were at different tables,” Quinn says, “and when I’d try to turn around to talk to them, I kept...
My body may be confined mostly to one point in physical space, but my mind looks forward to its weekends in cyberspace
posted on March 31, 2011 - 11:45am
When I graduated from high school in 1984, there were no tearful farewells to friends and girlfriends while a New Wave soundtrack played in the background like some John Hughes movie.
Frankly, I was relieved to be free to start my writing career, and hopefully be heralded as the next William Gibson. When my science fiction failed to sell, I switched to writing thrillers and, consequently, hoped...
posted on January 1, 2011 - 3:58pm
Growing up, Nygel Lenz was a typical active boy. He played football, soccer, basketball and baseball, and loved doing tricks like jumping ramps with his bike and skateboard. He learned he had scoliosis at age 11, but his life didn’t really change — until he had surgery for the condition at age 15. His balance worsened immediately, and he began seeing a neurologist, but it took almost four years...
Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio has it all
posted on October 1, 2010 - 5:00pm
Accessible family fun is the focus of Morgan’s Wonderland, an amusement park designed specifically for children and adults with special needs. The 25-acre facility in San Antonio, Texas, is a place where kids of all abilities can interact.
Accessible seating and good discounts to Broadway shows are available to theater lovers with disabilities.
posted on January 11, 2010 - 2:36pm
Planning a trip to the Big Apple? Theater lovers who use wheelchairs, or who have trouble with steps, use a service dog or require aisle seating for medical reasons can get a hefty discount on orchestra seats to certain productions through the Theatre Development Fund, an organization dedicated to increasing access to theater for all audiences.
The new myMDA online group Trailblazers connects young adults ages 18 to 35 who have muscle diseases.
posted on January 7, 2010 - 9:28am
Attention, young adults ages 18 to 35: A new online group, Trailblazers, aims to provide you with a virtual gathering spot where you can share thoughts and ideas, challenges, resources and recipes for success.
Trailblazers is one of several dozen groups on MDA’s e-community myMDA, which connects people around the country who are coping with muscle diseases.
