Austin Crawford 

“Hello, Welcome to FightingMSA.com. I’m Austin Hiram Crawford Jr., professionally known as Austin Crawford—an American born, award-winning actor, author, singer/songwriter, and advocate for Multiple System Atrophy (MSA). I serve as a face of MSA awareness for the Multiple System Atrophy Coalition.”
Born: December 1971 in Watseka, Illinois.

I began my work with the MSA Coalition in 2018 and have continued that mission through the present day. I have become most notable for my work in making MSA known through documentaries, television, and have gone on to receive several awards.

In my early career I spent many years volunteering. I served as a volunteer firefighter/EMT for the Village of Milford, IL. I was also an EMT-I for Hoopeston Hospital, an auxiliary police officer for Watseka PD, worked on the security team for our local music theater, and served full-time as a street supervisor in Milford, IL. I was also an avid motorcycle rider... even making Sturgis in 2015 and appearing in Quick Throttle Magazine.

I was misdiagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2012 and later re-diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy in 2017.
Currently there are 2 documentaries I have starred in that were sponsored by the MSA Coalition now called MissionMSA which are:

Fighting MSA: Austin Crawford's Story
and
Driven to Help