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Dad Against Duchenne

@d-a-d

In 2022 my son was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and now, person by person, I'm raising awareness about it.

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Mar 1, 2025, 8:54 AM UTC

Accessible Playground Review 2 - A Much Better Option

▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- This time around, we founf a playground that has a lot going for it from an accessible point of view. There's a Liberty swing whcih can take a wheelchair, a ramp on the play eq…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Feb 7, 2025, 1:24 PM UTC

Accessible Playground Review Number 2 - We Were Duped

▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- This is our second accessible playground review and we kind of had high hopes for it. We'd been told that the recently renovated playground had been given accesible features. W…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Jan 27, 2025, 9:01 AM UTC

Playground Review - Inclusive or Not? Review 1

▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- If you've followed my account at all, you'll know that I'm all about helping people to understand Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic condition that my son has. This ye…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Jan 24, 2025, 10:07 AM UTC

2025 Goals - Review Playgrounds for Accessibility

▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- My son was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy nearly 3 years ago and in recent times, I've begun to notice that most public playgrounds are highly inaccessible for peop…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Jan 16, 2025, 10:58 PM UTC

Before We Received the Diagnosis

▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- This video was taken a few years before we received my son's Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis. I remember, back then, thinking that he had really good calf muscles. Didn't…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Oct 1, 2024, 11:39 PM UTC

Awareness Raising Walk 2024

A little over a week ago I completed the awareness/fundraising walk that my previous couple of posts have been in reference to. The goal was to, primarily, raise awareness of Duchenne muscular dystro…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Aug 17, 2024, 6:09 AM UTC

Resilience - A (Very) Short Story

Resilience is, in general terms, the ability to cope with stressful events without becoming overwhelmed by them. I know a little boy, who this week, went to the dentist to have a baby tooth extracted…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Jul 11, 2024, 11:58 PM UTC

You Can’t Stop

▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- As I continue preparing for the upcoming awareness/fund raising event, I've been completing early morning walks in the hope that I'll be conditioned enough to finish the 79 kil…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Jul 11, 2024, 7:33 AM UTC

You. Can’t. Stop.

It’s been some time since my last post where I outlined my plans to run an awareness raiser so that more people can learn about Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Since that post, I’ve been busy gett…

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Dad Against Duchenne
@d-a-d Jun 7, 2024, 10:51 PM UTC

Because I Can

▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- 🌟 Join Me in Making a Difference! 🌟 That’s right! You haven’t watched wrong! I’m going to be walking 79km on the 7th of September with the intention of raising awareness of D…

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