SMA Stories: Meet Stella Bartlett

by Wendy Henderson | September 13, 2017

Stella Bartlett is a little girl from Toronto, who was diagnosed with type 2 spinal muscular atrophy when she was just a baby. The gutsy 7-year-old is grabbing life by the horns, attending school and listening to her favorite music by artists like Taylor Swift, Katie Perry and One Direction.

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Stella’s parents, Myles and Sarah, have documented Stella’s journey with SMA in a blog, This is Stella. As well as beautiful photographs covering the family’s happy occasions, the blog also shows the harsh reality of SMA, including many of Stella’s hospital stays.

The family is very active in the SMA community, regularly hosting events for SMA Canada and raising money to buy Stella a motorized wheelchair and to get her on the new groundbreaking SMA drug Spinraza.

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Wendy Henderson Wendy is a proven blogger and social media manager who has helped to build online communities for businesses and organizations. She currently heads the website’s social outreach online through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.