A Drake's Progress: Ivan

Thursday 15 March 2012

I think this is a courageous, honest, sensitively-handled, angry, and righteous (in the best sense of the word) blog post about an unmentionable subject that needs to be mentioned.

Do you?

We need to talk about Ivan

(from sturdyblog)

Video is Crazy Horse - I Don't Want To Talk About It

About Prader-Willi Syndrome

The condition is a chromosome disorder which affects the part of the brain which controls appetite, growth, and sexual development. Although too weak to feed as a baby, children with PWS grow to have an insatiable appetite, and never physically feel full up. But because their bodies can't convert fat to muscle efficiently, they have to be on a strict diet, for life. If their food intake isn't controlled, they will suffer from life-threatening obesity. People with PWS are of small stature, have some form of learning disability, are unable to have children, and are unlikely ever to be able to live an independent life. Oh, and by the way, there's no cure.

A Drake's Progress

Thursday 15 March 2012

Ivan

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