Fighting MSA Austin Crawford's Story is more than a Memoir--it's a lifeline of courage, of love, and truth in your face of one of the most devasting rare diseases: Multiple System Atrophy(MSA). Written by Austin Crawford a singer/songwriter, actor, author, Former EMT-I, Auxilliary Police Officer. This book takes the readers on a deep jpurney of a man who refused to let his diagnosis define hime.