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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and SMA
This forum is for discussing the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and how it coincides with SMA. Feel free to ask questions, share tips for staying healthy, etc.
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- 1 week, 1 day ago
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Adults With SMA
This forum is for adults who have SMA to connect, ask questions and share experiences. Discussion topics here range from independent living to managing work and social lives. Adults with SMA are welcome to join.
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- 31 minutes ago
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SMA Forums Welcome Lounge
New to the forum? Be sure to introduce yourself here. It's the perfect place to talk a bit about yourself and your SMA journey, as well as get to know our community of individuals with SMA and parents and caregivers whose loved ones have the disease. We look forward to getting to know you!
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- 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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Diagnosis Information and General Questions
This forum is designed for newly diagnosed patients and parents/caregivers who are looking for information about where to start in their SMA journey. Here is where people can ask basic questions about SMA and sort of help each other through the initial diagnosis stage.
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- 1 week, 6 days ago
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Flash Briefings and Podcasts
This forum is for posting our Amazon Alexa flash briefings, and our podcasts. Listen here, and give us feedback!
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- 3 weeks ago
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SMA Parents and Caregivers
This forum is a place for SMA parents and caregivers to talk with each other, share tips, ask each other questions, etc. This is a place for veteran parents to help out the younger ones with newly diagnosed kids.
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- 3 hours, 53 minutes ago
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Roche and Genentech- Evrysdi (risdiplam)
This forum is for discussing Roche and Genentech's oral therapy Evrysdi (formerly known as risdiplam). The FDA approved this treatment for all SMA types on August 7, 2020.
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- 3 days, 1 hour ago
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Spinraza
This forum is for discussing information, questions and experiences regarding Spinraza (Nusinersen). Spinraza is developed by Biogen pharmaceuticals, and it became the first FDA-approved treatment for SMA in 2016.
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- 2 weeks, 3 days ago
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Zolgensma (AVXS-101) News and Information
This forum is for discussing news and information regarding the drug Zolgensma. Previously knowns as AVXS-101, Zolgensma is the proprietary gene therapy candidate from AveXis designed to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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- 1 year, 1 month ago
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Raising Awareness of SMA
This is a forum for individuals to share ideas to help raise awareness of SMA or initiatives that they feel warrant the community's support.
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- 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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The SMA News Today YouTube Channel
This forum contains links and videos to all content on the SMA News Today YouTube channel. Videographers DeAnn Runge and Michael Morale share their perspectives as SMA patients. In these videos they discuss their daily lives, how SMA affects them and the latest news on SMA research and treatments.
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- 3 weeks, 1 day ago
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SMA Assistive Technology/Equipment
This forum is for sharing information about tools and technologies that can benefit people with SMA. Between Amazon Alexa devices, adaptive equipment for wheelchairs and other tools designed to assist SMA individuals in their daily lives, there are new technologies being developed every day. This is a platform to ask questions and share information about these devices.
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- 3 hours, 41 minutes ago
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Disability in Media
This forum is for discussions about disability portrayal in books, movies, tv shows, music and other forms of media. We will discuss books like the popular memoir “Laughing at my Nightmare” by Shane Burcaw, an author who has SMA. The idea is to explore how disability is portrayed in mainstream media, and to look for content written and produced by people with disabilities. Suggestions are always welcome.
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- 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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SMA and Dating/Relationships
This is a forum for SMA individuals to discuss dating, relationships and, marriage.
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- 4 weeks ago
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Polls & Quizzes
Take part in a wide range of polls, surveys & quizzes pertaining to SMA..
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- 1 year ago
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Going To College When You Have SMA
Whether people commute from home or live on campus, this is a forum for college students with SMA to share tips and ask each other questions.
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- 1 month ago
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SMA Therapy News
This group shares and reacts to news and research related to approved and emerging SMA treatments and therapies. If you find a news article about SMA R&D, feel free to post it here or react to other people's posts.
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- 11 months, 3 weeks ago
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and SMA