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How horses help this mum cope with rare degenerative condition

On Christmas Day in 2017, Beck Webber, 48, fell down the stairs at home after losing her balance.

She needed major back surgery.

It was the culmination of a few years of unusual symptoms such as changes in her eyesight and voice, symptoms which the agricultural worker says were dismissed by medics.

But the accident finally led to a devastating diagnosis of a progressive neurodegenerative disease that multiple members of her family are so far the only ones in Australia to be diagnosed with.

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Article written by: Sarah Swain

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