The mum of a Bannockburn teenager born with a rare gene mutation is hoping to spread the word about the condition during an awareness day this weekend.
Calum McPherson, who is 15, lives with the CHAMP1 gene mutation, which causes severe challenges in speech, with the teen being non-verbal since birth and requiring specialist support through his life.
Since the initial diagnosis, mum Stacey has been attempting to find out more about the extremely rare mutation and has set up a Facebook group linking affected families from across the globe. Those efforts have so far revealed a total of 113 children who have been affected with CHAMP1, with Calum still believed to be the only known case in Scotland.
