Batten Disease and Childhood Dementia Batten disease is a fatal, hereditary disorder of the nervous system that begins in childhood. Symptoms of Batten disease are linked to a buildup of substances called lipopigments in the bodys tissues. Early symptoms of Batten disease include: Personality and behavior changes Slow learning Clumsiness Stumbling Over time, children who are affected with Batten disease suffer: Mental impairment Seizures Progressive loss of sight and motor skills. Eventually, children with Batten disease will develop childhood dementia and become blind and bedridden. The disease is often fatal by the late teens or 20s I was on the phone with Chad when he was deployed telling him that something had happened to Amy, this has changed I was saying to him. I was filming while I talked to him to upload so he could see, I was scared. This was in 2009 - we had no idea then that Amy would have a progressive disease. https://youtube/watch?v=7jaHwwiVQRw
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