A once fit-and-active man says he cannot hug his family and has lost his freedom after being diagnosed with the same rare illness as singer Celine Dion.
Dominic Alderson used to play golf, coach football and work out at the gym five or six times a week before being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), a condition that affects one-in-a-million people.
But the 49-year-old now needs a stick just to get around his own home and is unable to do simple everyday tasks like driving, cooking and walking the family dog.
