“A-T” is a rare degenerative brain condition that causes
many of the same disabling effects as ALS/Motor Neurone's disease only it
affects young children. Children are born seeming normal but peak physically
around the age of 5 before slowly losing their physical abilities including the
ability to walk, talk and even to feed themselves. Mentally they remain
unaffected and so they effectively become trapped in a deteriorating body. On
top of the severe physical disabilities children with A-T must face, the
condition also attacks their immune system. 1 in 3 children with A-T will
develop cancer and many will die from lung disease.



More than half will die before they are out of their teens and there is
currently no cure.

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