Meet Austin! Austin is the 18 month son of fellow Bryn Mawr alumna and friend Hannah Lowe Corman. Austin has been struck by genetic lightning. He was diagnosed one year ago with an ultra-rare and fatal form of muscular dystrophy called L-CMD (LMNA-related congenital muscular dystrophy) resulting from a randomly occurring mutation. He is cognitively typical but his muscles are wasting away; no one can say when they or his heart will stop working. His family is racing against an unknown clock to develop a treatment for a disease that currently has none.
They have started a nonprofit, the L-CMD Research Foundation to raise funds for urgent research to benefit Austin and the other children suffering from this condition. Our goal is to raise $2,000,000 by his second birthday, August 27th - “2 Before 2!”. Check out some of the media coverage here:
- Hannah recently wrote this article for Health.com - this is a very powerful perspective and I encourage you to read it!
2. CBS Local Morning News in NYC ran a story Sunday morning on tv.
3. Dallas CBS Local ran it online and it was syndicated across the CBS Local markets, including Baltimore
Would you please join us? Share his story and please donate - everything helps! Thank you!