Belgian Newborn Screening Pilot for SMA Becomes Official & Getting Through Physical Therapy with SMA

Nov 11, 2021, 12:00 AM

SMA News Today’s multimedia associate, Price Wooldridge discusses how a pilot of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy in Liege province became in 3 years a government-run program for Southern Belgium.
Also, Katie Napiwocki's columns always have DeAnn reflecting on her own SMA journey. Today she reads the article, "The Asymmetries of a Physical Therapy Routine and a Koala’s Conquest," where Katie reflects on her past physical therapy, what she's learned from it and how a koala has inspired her. Not only can DeAnn draw parallels, she has a newfound respect for her childhood stuffed koala ironically called Katie.
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