Jerry Lewis' fundraising efforts won him the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2009 Oscar telecast Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. Aside from starring in ...

THIS IS WILLIAM RIVERO. HE’S TEN YEARS OLD, AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ADVANCED DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. HIS DREAM IS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. AND THAT BIRTHDAY WISH FINALLY CAME TRUE.

The condition is linked to the X-chromosome, which means DMD mostly affects people assigned male at birth. DMD affects ...

Since he was a young child, Aaron Kondo has lived with muscular dystrophy. A popular history teacher at Maui High School for ...