In June 1st, 1968 at exactly 1 year old anniversary I used walking and running as each the kids. I never seemed being a fragile kid. I first time spoke at 7 months old, and then I said an entire sentence... "Stop, daddy!" as a reply for my father who did play with me and made me angry...

My family used to live in a small village, Rusanesti, in the South of Romania. No one from Constantin family did hear of muscular dystrophy till 1976 when my parents brought my elder sister, Aurora, to the doctor (the Aurora's master teacher did laugh at her that Aurora run 'as a duck' at the sport classes... how it was told to us many times of  one of our friend...). The doctor did ask my parents if they have much more kids. My parents told, yes, we have one more little girl, four years younger than Aurora. Next week I was tested for muscular dystrophy and the test was positive. I was 9 years old but I had not clinical signs. I used running, climbing the trees, riding the bicycle... At almost 14 years old the first sign of MD did appear. For example, I couldn't get up 5 steps of stair without balustrade, using both of my legs. I remember that, after I got up the 3rd step I used staying (scared do not be bumped and put down from the other children) next to the wall on the stair from the entrance in the school building, resting for one or two minutes, then I used getting up the rest of 2 steps...

Because the Romania's villages has not the high school I went at the High School in Craiova. Soon after the courses started, the manager of the High School did see that I have some physical problems and he sent a telegram to my parents asking them coming quickly to take me back home, telling that being handicapped I have not the right learning in a normal school and anyway, I will never work because nobody hires handicapped people. We were under the communist dictatorship. I was very scared and hurt thinking that I will be send to the village and I will never study, that I will never have a job. Nor the communist law would help the handicapped people that time. Mommy was smart, she said to the manager 'Dear Sir, you had not medical test before of admission test, so you can't through my daughter out of the school'.

Same kind of events during of the college, but I learnt one thing - I need adaptive technology for living better, the able-bodied need my patience and my proves to understand that I have working force and I am a serious person.

Year after year, more of the typical weakness given by MD, the pelvic muscle weakness (difficulty standing from a sitting position without using arms, difficulty climbing stairs) appeared.

Larry is born in New York City. He is the third kid of the Evenson family.

At 27 months old Larry started walking. The doctors recommended to Larry's parents putting him in the Dennison bars for make him stronger. At around 4 years old, Larry was able walking without those adaptive devices and things looked follow an usual way in his life. Larry used to go to Howes Carvern in the summer with his mother and father, to explore the caves in Cobleskill, New York. Larry showed his interest for history, both world and american history, since he was 7 to 8 years old.

Larry started play sport, he used play basketball. Sometimes Larry does remember that his muscles tired and he did fall down when he was play sport... Larry was tested for SMA when he was little kid because his elder sister, Lori, had SMA which caused her the death... Then nobody thought testing Larry for another muscular disease...

Larry finished the primary school, then the high school and college... Larry used being a member of Contact band... In 1982 the band had an array of concerts in Europe...

Nobody could suppose what will happen soon with the young man... In a night, in November 12th, when the fist snow came in 1982... Larry wanted visit a friend in neighborhood... All the roads were iced. Larry decided walking to his friend that he thought that on the ice, he wouldn't control his own car and he could have an car accident...

On back way, almost in the middle of the night, a drunk driver bumped Larry, who was walking on sidewalk... Larry were dragged tens feet... His spinal cord was cut sectioned...  at L1/L2 and C5/C7... Larry spent a lot of months into the hospital, then he had PT...

Larry's parents helped him all the time. It wasn't easy for Larry when he lost in 1989 his mother, then in 2000 his father...

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