Dad’s agony after four-year-old daughter’s ‘daydreaming’ turned out to be fatal ‘childhood dementia’

A four-year-old girl was diagnosed with a rare, fatal disease likened to childhood dementia last week. Adelei Clarke from Swindon’s first symptoms of Batten’s disease were innocuous enough, seeming to be a little clumsy and daydreaming regularly. But after suffering her first seizure in May this year, Adelei’s parents David, 35, and Hayley, 36, were devastated … Read more

Dad’s agony after four-year-old daughter’s ‘daydreaming’ turned out to be fatal ‘childhood dementia’

A four-year-old girl was diagnosed with a rare, fatal disease likened to childhood dementia last week. Adelei Clarke from Swindon’s first symptoms of Batten’s disease were innocuous enough, seeming to be a little clumsy and daydreaming regularly. But after suffering her first seizure in May this year, Adelei’s parents David, 35, and Hayley, 36, were devastated … Read more