Having the right equipment is absolutely vital for those with DMD. If those with Duchenne's have the wrong wheelchair pain will be a major problem. For the younger ones with DMD writing on a normal table can place a strain on their bodies, so a writing wedge or a specially constructed table is really helpful.
Here's my experience of poor equipment, extract;
...One time I have fallen out of a sling because it was poorly designed, and crumpled up under my body pressure. It flung me to the floor from a few feet in the air; [thankfully] I did no major damage. The whole event shook me up a bit and that sling was quickly thrown out!...
You can see more examples of the right and wrong equipment in my book DMD LIFE ART & ME!
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Foreword
I’m Ian Griffiths from South Wales. This book is a story of my life so far up to the age of twenty five years. I live with and suffer from the ill effects of DMD which stands for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It is a severe muscle wasting disease and a life limiting terminal illness. It won’t kill you in six months in the traditional sense of ‘terminal’, but it’s far crueller than that, it steals every muscle in your body first and then kills you, anywhere up to the age of thirty. There have been cases of men living past that into their forties and fifties but only with drastic interventions such as ventilators and tracheotomies, more on this can be found by reading on.
I hope to cover a few things in this book, from a history of my childhood years to a more detailed history from sixteen years onwards and finally onto my current problems and triumphs. At times things I write may make you smile or may make you pause and think about the seriousness of life with this devastating disease. I really hope there will be a cure but currently for us supposedly ‘older’ guys with DMD (over twenty one), there seems very little hope. If I don’t see a cure in my lifetime, I hope my campaigning helps in some way bring it about for future generations, so another child won’t have to see their body wither and die before their time.
