Ben Mattlin

Ben Mattlin was born in New York in 1962 with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital muscle-wasting disease. He graduated from Harvard in 1984 and is an NPR commentator and frequent contributor to many different financial magazines. He has written on disability and other topics for" Self" magazine, "USA Today", the "Los Angeles Times", and the "Chicago Tribune." He has also appeared on CNN", "ABC s "Prime Time Live", and the E!Entertainment Network, amongst other venues, to discuss his...See more

Ben Mattlin was born in New York in 1962 with spinal muscular atrophy, a congenital muscle-wasting disease. He graduated from Harvard in 1984 and is an NPR commentator and frequent contributor to many different financial magazines. He has written on disability and other topics for" Self" magazine, "USA Today", the "Los Angeles Times", and the "Chicago Tribune." He has also appeared on CNN", "ABC s "Prime Time Live", and the E!Entertainment Network, amongst other venues, to discuss his disability-related writings. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. See less