2021 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month 2021

August is SMA Awareness Month!

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a group of hereditary diseases that progressively destroys motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord that control essential skeletal muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing, leading to muscle weakness and atrophy. (Source: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Spinal Muscular Atrophy Fact Sheet)

Good Days supports the SMA community and the desire to raise awareness of the disease in the effort to educate and one day find a cure. You can read more from the SMA community here.

The Good Days team supporting SMA Awareness Month!