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FSH muscular dystrophy often affects the muscles of the face, including the mouth. This can affect the ability to smile and can impair speech. Many people with FSHD experience the… Read More »
Overcoming communication barriers with Project Relate
Extraordinary measures – Educating doctors
by Jamshid Arjomand, PhD, chief science officer It can take nearly a decade for the average person with FSH muscular dystrophy to get a correct diagnosis. Once they are finally… Read More »
FSHD Inspires Sam Ray to Build Mobility Devices
by Paul Winn, Brain & Life. Reposted with permission. Sam Ray, a 15-year-old, in Tucson, AZ, talks to our writer Paul Wynn about how his rare disease motivated him to… Read More »
Women on Wellness – Clothing Hacks and more
The “Women on Wellness” Zoom group is for women with FSHD to discuss female-focused health and other topics. These notes are from the November 3, 2021, meeting, which began with… Read More »
Pregnancy and reproductive genetic counseling
One of the questions we are often asked is how will pregnancy and child-bearing affect an individual with FSHD? And because FSHD is passed on from generation to generation, what… Read More »