Hugo Trevino shares insightful observations about the intersectionality of having a disability and accepting your sexual or gender identity — and how having SMA helped him come out and live proudly as a gay man.
Siblings Hugo and Maria Trevino participated in the Chicago Spring Half Marathon and 10K with MDA Team Momentum.
Being chosen to speak in front of the FDA and represent the SMA community makes me feel incredibly honored. Today’s SMA Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD) meeting with the FDA means we have a voice as patients living with rare muscle diseases. The PFDD meeting was set up so that patients with SMA and the parents of children with SMA could stand before the FDA and voice their concerns, discuss their experiences with research and address the need for continued research that evolves to include more patients. This is my story.
