Case Study: Muscular Dystrophy

Trevor Conklin was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy when he was 3 years old. He is completely dependent on his caregiver, Ben, to help him do all of his ADLs. Trevor's goals with OT were to increase independence in his ADLs with the use of adaptive equipment and to increase social participation in the community. I think that both of these goals are great for someone like Trevor who really seems to want to break out of his shell more, and these goals will certainly help him to be more independent and confident in his interactions with other people. One thing that surprised me about muscular dystrophy is that there are 9 different types and men are more impacted than women.