As such, every student within the district has a right to attend at least one of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) beginning in kindergarten through grade 12. A right-to-attend school can be identified as a studentâs in-boundary school or feeder-pattern school. Families who wish to enroll their child in a right-to-attend school do not need to submit a My School DC lottery application.
Print. Email. Children with myotubular myopathy, a rare, inherited disease, often require a ventilator and most do not reach adulthood. The condition affects an estimated one in 50,000 male newborns and is characterized by weakness in the muscles used for movement and affects the ability to sit, stand, walk and breathe.
Nemaline myopathy is a rare genetic muscle disorder. Myopathy is a general medical term meaning disease of the muscle. At least six different forms of nemaline myopathy have been identified. The severity, age of onset, and inheritance pattern varies among these different forms of nemaline myopathy.