Fresno man turns life with muscular dystrophy into mission to educate and inspire

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — Imagine losing the ability to walk before you even reach your teenage years, and then having to learn how to live your life in a completely different way.

That has been the reality for 26-year-old Fresno man Alfonso Reyes, who has spent most of his life adapting to muscular dystrophy.

Reyes was diagnosed with the genetic disease when he was just two years old. Doctors told his family he had one of the more aggressive forms of the condition, which causes progressive muscle weakness…

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