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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

I was paralysed by a sudden illness - this is why I’m against assisted dying

As a theatre manager and a performing arts teacher, life for Nikki Kenward has always been about movement. The idea of being denied such freedom would have simply made life not worth living - or so she thought.

But when a sudden illness paralysed her, leaving her conscious but unable to move any of her body apart from one eye, she found her answer was very different.

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