As a healthy and active 7-year-old boy, Tyler enjoyed playing basketball, soccer, tennis and golf. Just like most active 7-year-old boys, Tyler enjoys sports and playing outside.

In February of 2005 all of this changed. While practicing basketball skills with his father,
Tyler could not bring his arm in without it shaking uncontrollably. After multiple doctor visits and misdiagnoses, Tyler's parents were told he had Dystonia. Those original shakes have become crippling muscle and body twists.

Tyler's Hope for a Dystonia Cure is a foundation created to advance research and raise awareness about this disorder.

This Spark is a request to spread the word via posts at your blog about one or more of the following Tyler's Hope resources:
1) Official site: www.tylershope.org
2) Facebook cause with 130+ members: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/7729?recruiter_id=2489102
3) My original post about My Hope for Tyler's Hope: http://www.floridaventureblog.com/2006/05/my-hope-for-tylers-hope.html

I'm helping because Tyler is a classmate of my daughter and we've known him since before his diagnosis, but Dystonia touches kids all across the globe. If these resources aren't enough to devote just one of your organic posts for Tyler's Hope, consider that Tyler's little sister was just diagnosed with Dystonia after watching it slowly cripple her brother. Anything you can do is appreciated...thanks!