{"id":5974,"date":"2021-05-18T17:22:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/?p=5974"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:45:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:45:48","slug":"patrick-can-realize-his-dreams-duchennecan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/posts\/patrick-can-realize-his-dreams-duchennecan\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Chases His Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div  class=\"quote-block  color-theme--white\">\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"quote-block__content\">\n\t\t<blockquote class=\"quote-block__text color-theme-border--white\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-block__heading heading--4\">\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ll soar, I\u2019ll fight and I\u2019ll win! Duchenne never stopped me from chasing my dreams of becoming a performer and look at what I have achieved!\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"quote-block__author quote-block__author--name\">\n\t\t\t\tPatrick\t\t\t<\/cite>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"core-block core-paragraph\">Patrick \u2013 a.k.a. \u201cTick\u201d \u2013 from S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, loves music and enjoys performing on stage. He is also living with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/our-science\/therapeutic-areas\/about-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy\/\">Duchenne muscular dystrophy<\/a> \u2013 but that does not define him. Instead, Tick is defined by his personality and his dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"core-block core-paragraph\">Watch the video to learn about Tick and how he is making his dreams come true.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"media__display__full-width media-block color-theme--light-blue wp-block-acf-videos\">\n\t\t<div class=\"media-item media-item--video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-item__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-item__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading--3\">Patrick CAN Realize His Dreams<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"media-item__toggle\" data-bs-toggle=\"modal\" data-bs-target=\"#mediaModal\" data-src=\"#ptc-69f1689091ebe__embed\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"View video in modal\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/patrick-1024x576.png\" class=\"media-item__image\" alt=\"Patrick video still\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/patrick-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/patrick-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/patrick-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/patrick-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/patrick-466x262.png 466w, https:\/\/www.ptcbio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/patrick.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-item__embed embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\" id=\"ptc-69f1689091ebe__embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QsQADkayJOQ\" title=\"Video player\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-item__text \">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Patrick, from S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, is living with Duchenne but that won\u2019t stop him from making his dreams a reality. An accomplished actor and musician, Patrick continues to overcome boundaries, showing that people living with Duchenne CAN be successful performers and reach their goals!<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duchenne has never stopped Patrick from chasing and realizing his dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,60],"tags":[],"media-type":[12],"therapeutic-area":[21],"class_list":["post-5974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rare-disease-community","category-rare-journeys"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Patrick Chases His Dreams - 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