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<div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;">Hi,</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;">
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">My Name is Alan Ford and I am 24 years old and work as a software technician. </span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<div><span style="display: inline; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" class="text_exposed_show">I was diagnosed with Osteogenisis Imperfecta (commonly known as brittle bone disease) shortly after I was born. This meant most of my childhood was spent in and out of hospital after suffering over 50 fractures and breaks to my bones.</span></div>
<div><span style="display: inline; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" class="text_exposed_show">As a child I needed a wheelchair but during my teens learnt to walk using crutches and now manage to lead a perfectly normal life, living in my own flat and driving.</span></div>
<div><span style="display: inline; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" class="text_exposed_show">When I was about 8 years old the Brittle bone society gave me a wheelchair that enabled me to go out and play with my friends and I am fore-ever greatful for this.</span></div>
<div><span style="display: inline; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" class="text_exposed_show">In order to show my appreciation and hopefully help another child with my condition, I am going to walk to the summit of Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in England and Wales with a group of my friends to raise money for the scoiety.</span></div>
<div><span style="display: inline; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff;" class="text_exposed_show">I hope by doing this we will be able to inspire others to show that with determination and hard work any person can achieve their goals.<br><br>Please donate kindly and support me on this walk up the mountain on the 6th May 2012 Also known as Wishbone day throughout the OI community .<br><br><br></span></div>
<div>Many thanks.</div>
<div>Alan Ford</div>
<div><strong>25th March- </strong>training is going well and I already made some tough climbs up the tracks over the laancashire moors.</div>
<div><strong>4th April - </strong>thanks to the rochdale Observer for doing a feature on this event.</div>
<div><strong>5th April - </strong>you can now donate by text message <strong>text WJTO89 followed by the amount in £'s to 70070</strong></div>