Mike Noon

Being born with a genetic disorder like spinal muscular atrophy forces us to adapt to a world that wasn’t built for disabled people. As a child, we experience this from...

It has been six months since I started using my first power wheelchair. Over the last 28 years, I used an electric scooter to get around. The biggest reason for...

Living with a disability like spinal muscular atrophy can be difficult at times. My 46 years of experience have taught me some life lessons about what is important to me. ...

If you use a wheelchair or scooter like me, because of spinal muscular atrophy, I am sure you have heard all of the comments. Wow, that looks fun. Wanna race? ...

Who has dealt with the frustration of securing wheelchair-accessible seats?  It can be a pain in the neck sometimes. Over the years I’ve gone to hundreds of sporting events and...

I recently wrote about my first wheelchair seating clinic experience. Since I wrote that article I was denied by Medicare for the seat elevator. Medicare evidently has a policy in...

I’ve been using my new Permobil wheelchair for just about a month now. The last few months that I was using my scooter became a little more difficult. I’ve been...

May was designated National Mental Health Awareness Month in 1949 by the United States Congress due to the increased number of veterans suffering from mental illnesses after returning from World...

Our lives will be constantly changing. This is true for everyone. Whether you are disabled or not. Life never stays stagnant so how can we adapt and stay positive?  Staying...

I have been writing about my spinal muscular atrophy journey for a few years now. I often wonder who out there is reading these articles. Obviously it can be intimidating...

Any sports fan in the Philadelphia area will understand the phrase Red October. For those of you who are not lucky enough to live here and understand the phrase let...

In previous articles, I’ve written about perception. How we are perceived is a big part of ourselves. When I went off to college, I knew that I wouldn’t be able...

One of my missions is giving teenagers the confidence that life isn’t all doom and gloom when dealing with a disability. Back in 2017 I was lucky to be invited...

I’ve talked about the guilt I deal with in regards to the amount of work people need to exert in order to assist me throughout the day because of my...

Life consists of transitions both large and small. One could argue that transitions are good and bad. I would argue that life would be extremely boring if we never had...

I wrote an article a while back, “Staying Mentally Healthy.” In that article, I attributed a lot of my mental toughness to my circumstances. Most importantly growing up in a...

I’ve talked about the “disability tax” in previous articles. You’ll hear people who have a physical disability use this term. It basically refers to the extra expenses that are incurred...

Everyone has to deal with barriers. When we think of spinal muscular atrophy we probably assume these barriers are physical. I want to talk about the barriers we put on...

I was talking to a mom who has a teen with SMA. They were asking me for advice on what kind of accommodations they should be asking for in school. ...

Today I’m talking about weight. At some point in our lives, most of us deal with weight gain. Back in college, the freshman 15 found me and during Covid weight gain...