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Gainesville girl blessed with remodeled room, handicap-accessible van

Zyah Goss-Pittman suffers from genetic disease that weakens her muscles

Zyah Goss-Pittman, 7, and her older brother, Orion, joke around before loading up in the family’s new handicap-accessible van. The charity Ride to Give raised the money for the new van.

0606ZYAH3 — Zyah Goss-Pittman, 7, and her older brother, Orion, joke around before loading up in the family’s new handicap-accessible van. The charity Ride to Give raised the money for the new van.

Zyah Goss-Pittman isn’t your average kid. The 7-year-old Gainesville girl has spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disease that weakens her muscles. But that doesn’t stop her from acting like any other child her age.