{"id":137477,"date":"2024-12-15T23:58:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T16:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137477"},"modified":"2024-12-15T23:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T16:58:45","slug":"the-tech-helping-teen-with-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy-live-his-musical-dream-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137477","title":{"rendered":"The tech helping teen with Duchenne muscular dystrophy live his musical dream | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jL6GDL6jchw?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Eli was just a few years old when his parents were told he would be in a wheelchair by the age of nine and that his life expectancy would be early 20s.<\/p>\n<p>He was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a condition that gradually causes the muscles to weaken, leading to an increasing level of disability.<\/p>\n<p>An assistive technology has now given the 16-year-old the potential to keep playing music longer.<\/p>\n<p>And he has been given the chance to perform at America\u2019s music, tech and film festival.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Music #Duchenne #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jL6GDL6jchw\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eli was just a few years old when his parents were told he would be in a wheelchair by the age of nine and that his life expectancy would be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137477\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}