WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY?

We know that muscular dystrophy affects young children.We know that it makes them weak.We know that it is not in any way their fault that they have it, and we know that doctors everywhere are working on a cure, so that someday there may be a treatment for muscular dystrophy, and then their weakness will stop.We also know that muscular dystrophy doesn't change their other abilities.

Kids with muscular dystrophy can see, and hear, and smell, and taste, and talk, and swallow, and just plain feel as well or even better than other kids.Muscular dystrophy doesn't hurt, and muscular dystrophy doesn't change their ability to think, or study, or dream, or plan, or learn, (some of the smartest kids have muscular dystrophy).In fact any number of youngsters with muscular dystrophy are brainy enough to be able to go to college.So you see, even though kids with muscular dystrophy can't run as fast as other children, there are other things they can do as well as other kids.Things like what?