“Why is she in a wheelchair?” is one of the most common phrases I hear when I’m out and about.
Articles by Alyssa Silva
When I was a little girl, I had many life-threatening hospitalizations, the first at 16 months of age. Ten months…
Whenever I think about how I started driving my wheelchair at 3 years old, I always wonder, “Whose great idea…
Some of life’s best lessons come from the beach. Don’t you agree? Maybe it’s because I’m a solar-powered soul, but…
While living with SMA, I’ve been on the receiving end of many people’s misconceptions about the disease. To an…
There’s an old adage that says March comes in like a lion, but where I’m from, it comes in more…
Something you may not know about me is that I have two homes. My first abode is a one-story home…
“OK, SMA. You win,” I thought after signing off from a virtual meeting. I didn’t know how it was…
Among the many SMA symptoms I live with every day, fatigue has permanently staked out its territory at the…
As many readers of this column may know, SMA is considered a rare disease. But what…