David K。’s 2021 memoir， Prism: Shedding Light On Life With Duchenne is an excellent memoir about his life with Duchenne muscular dystrophy （DMS）。 One of the main parts of the book is about David K。’s life at the Roberts program at a Midwestern University。 I did not know that much about DSM。 I have been through a program like the Roberts program that teaches people how to train personal assistants （PAs） to work for them （66）。 My style with Personal Assistants was different from David K。's style b David K。’s 2021 memoir， Prism: Shedding Light On Life With Duchenne is an excellent memoir about his life with Duchenne muscular dystrophy （DMS）。 One of the main parts of the book is about David K。’s life at the Roberts program at a Midwestern University。 I did not know that much about DSM。 I have been through a program like the Roberts program that teaches people how to train personal assistants （PAs） to work for them （66）。 My style with Personal Assistants was different from David K。's style but he lays out very well the learning curve most college students with disabilities go through when they start to work with PAs。 The name of the book comes from the fact that prisms refract light into different wavelengths。 David K。 uses the prism as a metaphor to illustrate the way that he views DSM。 Usually， people only see one wavelength of light， but when lights pass through a prism people see many different wavelengths。 David K。 feels like people only see one part of being physically disabled， but there are so many different parts to being physically disabled （i-ii）。 I liked the book that was dedicated to Philip Edgerley。 I did not know him as well as David K and his friends， but this memoir seems like an excellent tribute to Edgerley。 David K。’s memoir is a readable and entertaining account of his life with DMS。 。。。more