How father's loss drove son to top MND advocacy job

Andrew Danson became chair of MND Australia after losing his father to the neurological disease. (Brenton Edwards/AAP PHOTOS)

For most people, giving something back to a cause that has touched their family might mean hosting a morning tea, buying a raffle ticket or donning an apron for a charity sausage sizzle.

For Andrew Danson, it meant becoming chairman of MND Australia.