Living and dying with muscular dystrophy
Description
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the world's most frequently occurring fatal genetic disease among children-although its victims sometimes live into their teens or early adulthood. This ABC News program features a young man named Darius Weems who decided early on not to become a victim. Paralleling the celebrated documentary Darius Goes West, the program describes a life-affirming cross-country adventure undertaken by the wheelchair-bound hero and his friends. Reporter Martin Bashir explores the painful challenges Darius has overcome and their similarity to struggles Bashir has witnessed before-in the life of his own brother, who succumbed to DMD in 1991.
Runtime
12 min
Subjects
- Embryology (43)
- Bones (58)
- Human reproduction (85)
- Generative organs (45)
- Kinesiology (89)
- Muscles (53)
- Musculoskeletal system (109)
- Human mechanics (111)
- Reproduction (175)
- Genetics (271)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2007], c2007
Database
Films on Demand
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