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The Asterisk
About a month ago, I contacted the boys’ pediatrician to get her advice about sending them back to school this fall since our youngest is...
Lani Knutson, Advocacy Team Leader
Aug 28, 2021


Looking Forward to SciFam
My first Cure CMD conference memories actually pre-date Cure CMD and the conferences themselves. In the early 2000s, when I was around...
Luke Hoban
May 20, 2021


I Am No Sob Story
Living with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD) can sometimes feel like a battle with an invincible enemy that's inside of me all the...
Cure CMD
May 15, 2021


That Defining Moment by Simon Cantos
Everyone has a defining moment in their lives that shapes their entire future. For me, that moment came when I was about 6 years old. I...
Cure CMD
May 11, 2021


SciFam 2021 is Around the Corner
An all-virtual conference will cover care and research, and events for kiddos! It’s been way too long since July 2019, when many of us...
Cure CMD
Apr 30, 2021


CDC’s Milestone Tracker
Record Your Child’s Development When my kids were born, the age of smartphones and apps was just beginning. I would have loved to have...
Cure CMD
Apr 30, 2021


STAT Act Aims to Speed Treatments for Rare Disease
Use the template here to urge your Congressperson to support it! In 1983, the U.S. Congress passed The Orphan Drug Act, a law that...
Lani Knutson, Advocacy Team Leader
Apr 30, 2021


Refreshing Logo, Isn’t It?
Spruced up in time for virtual SciFam 2021! Noticed anything new about the Cure CMD logo? Last year’s challenges asked us to look and...
Cure CMD
Apr 30, 2021


Six Things
Six Things I Have Learned While Raising Two Boys with SEPN1 Related Myopathy The questions “Why?” and “Why me?” cannot be answered. Some...
Lani Knutson, Advocacy Team Leader
Apr 6, 2021


Getting my COVID vaccine
When various COVID-19 vaccines started to roll out in December 2020, I was thrilled like many people. I also knew that there was going to...
Luke Hoban
Feb 25, 2021


Taking It One Day At A Time
We recently met with members of the Curley family, new members of the Cure CMD community. We asked them to share their story with you! If...
Cure CMD
Feb 3, 2021


Making Respiratory Muscle Training Fun?
Any type of therapy (physical, speech, occupational, etc.) is more engaging for children when approached as playtime, especially if it...
Lani Knutson, Advocacy Team Leader
Feb 3, 2021
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