Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy , a rare degenerative disease . Ben Mattlin was one of the first students in a wheelchair to attend Harvard University . Today , of course , it 's completely different . Spinal muscular atrophy affects 6,000 in 1 Americans .
Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy , a rare degenerative disease . Ben Mattlin was one of the first students in a wheelchair to attend Harvard University . Spinal muscular atrophy affects 6,000 in 1 Americans .