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Cause I use a special communication device called a Dynavox & when I don't have my Dynavox I communicate through eye signals or little vocal murmurs. My Dynavox is almost like an IPAD & I access it by tapping a little switch & it scans through buttons until I select the button that I want.Here's a photo of me with my Dynavox 👇👇👇

Growing up, at what age did you understand or had been told you have not something wrong with you but that you have special muscles unlike the other kids? (Thats what we call connors condition, to help his older 8 yr old brother understand) connor is type 1 and is currently 7 months old. Recvd zolgemsa on halloween. Didnt finish our last loading dose of spinraza. If you currently do maintaince dosing of spinraza has it been successful for you? Pro? Cons? Effectiveness still? At what age did you… read more

Hi everyone. I have an urgent but somewhat embarrassing question to ask everyone For quite some time I have been desperately looking for attendant care. Currently my night attendant who has another client has been filling in for some time. My agency thinks they may have possibly found someone, but they are only willing to lift me with a hoyer lift. I have a hoyer lift, and while i have successfully used it to transfer from my wheelchair into bed, no one I have ever had out has figured out… read more

If you have I’m looking to know what settings you used on the device.

Hi all. The advice is so conflicting on the topic of lifting weights. I'm a strong type 3. I can still feel good muscle in my arms and it exists (albeit not great) in my legs. Is lifting weights ok or are we to limit our exercise to lifting our own body weight only? I am on Evrysdi.