Community Spotlight
Community Spotlight: Rebecca Smith and Micah Biello
When Micah Biello was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1, no one in his family knew about the disease. Now four years later, Micah’s […]
Read More ›Community Spotlight: The Jankowski Family
It has been a little over two years since doctors told Chris and Kelly Jankowski that their first-born son, William, had spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) […]
Read More ›Community Spotlight: The Berkovits Family
When Milo Berkovits was seven months old, his daycare teacher noticed he was not reaching his milestones. What followed from there on were visits to […]
Read More ›Community Spotlight: Adrienne Vollmer
In May, Governor Eric Holcomb held a signing ceremony for Indiana House Bill 1017, adopting newborn screening for SMA and SCID. Dubbed “Graham’s Bill” in […]
Read More ›Community Spotlight: Allyson Henkel
My son Pete and I began advocating to have SMA added to the newborn screening panel in Pennsylvania in December of 2017. Pete was 13-years […]
Read More ›Community Spotlight: The Lasko Family
After Max began receiving Spinraza in 2017, we wanted to do our part to help ensure that children born with SMA would be diagnosed as […]
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