Welcome to our Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Page
Welcome to our web page. We are Paul Bridel and Judith Pitcher from South-West England, and we found out that we were carriers of the SMA gene when our second daughter, Joanna, was diagnosed with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy - the most severe form, in 1999.
We decided to set up this website because we felt that families who experience the pain of finding out that a loved one has Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy, or indeed any Type of SMA, can never have too much support and information. We hope that these pages, and the links included, may be of some help. They are written from the perspective of us as a family and as parents. We are not qualified to give professional medical advice but we do include some comment on our medical experiences.
The world wide web is an amazing resource, but too much information can be as much a problem as not enough. Please let us know whether or not you found these pages useful by emailing us using the link below.
On these pages you will find links to charities and other organisations that we have found useful, which can offer professional support and medical help.
We decided to set up this website because we felt that families who experience the pain of finding out that a loved one has Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy, or indeed any Type of SMA, can never have too much support and information. We hope that these pages, and the links included, may be of some help. They are written from the perspective of us as a family and as parents. We are not qualified to give professional medical advice but we do include some comment on our medical experiences.
The world wide web is an amazing resource, but too much information can be as much a problem as not enough. Please let us know whether or not you found these pages useful by emailing us using the link below.
On these pages you will find links to charities and other organisations that we have found useful, which can offer professional support and medical help.
