#muscular-dystrophy

#muscular-dystrophy

"It was fair to say I was quite a different person before boccia," she said. "It's increased my social confidence. "I was introverted before, it's helped me come out of my shell and it's almost like physio to keep my body moving. "With muscular dystrophy, they say if you don't use it, you lose it, so this has kept the intensity right for me."

Last year, Netflix released a documentary called The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, which followed the story of Mats Steen, a Norwegian gamer who found community and acceptance through World of Warcraft as his body suffered the effects of a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Now, Steen's life is being adapted as a scripted film, which already has a number of stars lined up.