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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ed Cullinane & Jessica Taylor

Mum's agony as son, 8, with 'childhood Alzheimer's' no longer recognises her

When proud mum Mari Barnes arrives on the school playground each afternoon, she sees her happy and active son Stanley with his friends.

But instead of running over to her, she faces the heartbreaking reality that he doesn't recognise her and can't pick her face out of the crowd of other parents.

Little Stanley, who is just eight years old, lives with Sanfilipo, a condition likened to Alzheimer's in how it affects the brain.

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