• 22 November 2018

    Jo-Jo and Gillespie Syndrome

    A journey into the unknown by Susie and Ben Slack When we decided to include Jo-Jo’s story in our InTouch Autumn newsletter to supporters, we received the following, which we felt we really wanted to publish in full online, as we are limited to shorter articles in our printed...

  • 03 May 2018

    Ronnie’s story

    ‘Ataxia’ describes a range of neurological disorders that affect balance, coordination and speech. There are many different types of ataxia that affect people in different ways and for nine-year-old Ronnie, this means he’s never been able to walk, has difficulty swallowing, coping with loud noises and has a squint....