Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a group of genetic disorders characterized by muscle wasting and loss of motor function caused by mutations in the SMN1 gene. Inheritance of the mutation happens by chance and is not due to anything either parent did or did not do before or during pregnancy. There is currently no known cure for SMA and patients with SMA require breathing aids, feeding tubes, surgery for scoliosis, standing and mobility aids to help increase independence of SMA’s patients.