Ladies and Lads dance to support local child

Lindsey Adkison, The Brunswick News, Ga.
·5 min read

Sep. 18—When Amanda Kuhn"s son Ben arrived, the family was naturally overjoyed. But when the little one was just six months old, Kuhn says they realized something was very wrong.

"We knew something was going on because he still couldn't hold his head up. After long months of tests and bloodwork, he was diagnosed with GNAO1 neurodevelopmental disorder (a random genetic mutation)," she said. "At the time, only about 100 people in the world had been diagnosed."

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