A petition created by an SMA family to show the U.S. Congress the support for the SMA Treatment Acceleration Act has hit a big milestone.  Yesterday, the Petition to Cure SMA broke 20,000 signatures.  The petition was created just two months ago by Bill and Victoria Strong.  Their daughter, Gwendolyn, has SMA Type 1.  She turns one year old next month.  Fight SMA has been supporting the petition and the efforts of the Strongs.  Here’s what Bill posted on the Fight SMA Group on Facebook:

With your help, we have attained this milestone and Congress is paying attention. In that short time, 18 new Representatives and 4 new Senators have officially signed on to consponsor the bipartisan SMA Treatment Acceleration Act. We are making real progress…

We started with just a whisper and our voice is growing strong, but we need Congress to hear us from the mountaintops! Please reach back out to your family, friends, friends of friends, and colleagues, and make sure that they and everyone in their household has signed the petition and ask that they do the same with their network. Each and every additional signature shows Congress that this little known disease has a powerful voice!

If you haven’t signed the petition, please click the banner below and add your name to the tens of thousands who have joined in the fight!