Parents of Waikato boy with rare terminal disorder want to raise awareness for a cure

The parents of two-year-old Landon Pahl, diagnosed with the terminal condition infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD), are raising awareness in hopes of finding a cure, although it may come too late for their son, who is not expected to live beyond age ten. Living in Ngāruawāhia, they also have two other children, Elijah, 4, and Lewis, 1, as they cope with this heartbreaking diagnosis.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5: A little boy named Landon has a sickness that makes it hard for him to move and learn, and his parents want to tell everyone about it to help find a cure, even though it might be too late for him.

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