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Why Zach still needs Abta LifeLine’s help

Charity
Gary Noakes
16 March 2017

Six-year-old Zach’s story is another example of the difference Abta LifeLine’s fundraising can make in the lead-up to the organisation’s Big Charity Day – but he still needs the industry’s help.

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Zach Blackburn, whose mum Tricy was a travel agent, has a condition so complex that there is no medical name for it.

As well as a benign brain tumour, hydrocephalus and neurological disorders that affect his balance and speech, Zach is fed through his stomach and has multiple genetic health problems. He is six years old but has the mental age of a child of less than two.

Zach and his family have already received support from Abta LifeLine but his condition is deteriorating and his parents are increasingly exhausted as his behaviour becomes more challenging.