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Hannah Roberts & Lucy Skoulding

Family desperate to take girl, 5, to Disneyland before she goes blind due to rare disease

A family is trying to raise enough money to take their young daughter on her dream trip to Disneyland before she goes blind.

Addy Clarke, five, from Thatcham in Berkshire, was diagnosed with a rare illness called Batten Disease during the pandemic.

It only affects around 150 people in the world and will mean she will lose the ability to walk and talk, see colours, swallow, use pens, and go to the bathroom.

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