Thursday, December 13, 2012

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Resources for Darius Weems' Story

Rare Diseases Take Spotlight in Annual Event
Rare Diseases Take Spotlight in Annual Event by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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"Nightline" profiled Darius Weems, a 23-year-old aspiring rapper who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that results in the disintegration of muscle tissue. We wanted to provide resources to our viewers who might be seeking more information about Darius's story, his cause and the disease DMD. 'Darius Goes West': At age 15, Darius and his friends took an extraordinary journey across the United States in a van built to accommodate his wheelchair. The trip became a documentary, "Dairus Goes West," which Logan Smalley directed and produced. The film, which was partly a coming of age story and partly a story of friendship and gratitude, has become a movement. Darius now travels to schools around the country to talk about DMD, and raises money for DMD research.

People:

Darius

Overall Sentiment: 0.248389

Relevance: 0.525094

SentimentQuote
0.105761'Darius Goes West': At age 15, Darius and his friends took an extraordinary journey across the United States ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.105761
  • Mean: 0.105761
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Darius Weems

Overall Sentiment: 0.0610016

Relevance: 0.339221

Logan Smalley

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.205851

Nash

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.175851

Disambiguation: Athlete | AwardWinner | BasketballPlayer | OlympicAthlete | SportsLeagueAwardWinner | TVActorReferences:

Tom Wicka

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.137893

Angela

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.137496

Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

Facility: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Overall Sentiment: -0.0166121

Relevance: 0.908619

Organization: Kennedy Krieger Institute

Overall Sentiment: 0.0722102

Relevance: 0.309674

HealthCondition: muscular dystrophy

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.343879

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