One of the many things that every adolescent must go through at one point in their lives is the transition from childhood to adulthood. For most, this entails saying goodbye to their parents and cautiously entering the “real world” that our parents have consistently warned us about throughout our lives. For someone with a disability like SMA, however, things can get a bit more challenging.

Sometimes we tend to limit ourselves in life out of fear. This can be especially true with the SMA community, where we often depend on others for menial tasks throughout the day. There’s a familiar feeling that we face, the feeling of dependency on others that we can’t seem to possibly ignore, and as a result, there are times that opportunities that once seemed so wonderful ended up becoming “unrealistic.”