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A Scots boy was diagnosed with dementia when he was just six - after displaying similar symptoms to his 80-year-old great uncle who was battling the same disease.
Kayden Traynor, from Edinburgh, was active and healthy when he began suffering from memory loss, seizures and his mobility skills and eyesight began to deteriorate.
Worried mum Valerie Traynor, 34, noticed that his symptoms were similar to those of her 80-year-old uncle George who had been diagnosed with dementia a few years earlier.
Kayden was eventually diagnosed with Batten's Disease, a rare, genetic, life limiting form of childhood dementia which also robs children of their eyesight, speech and ability to move.
Now he's 13, Kayden has already forgotten how to say 'mummy', referring to his mum as Val instead and is mostly confined to a wheelchair.
However his mum says the family remain positive and are learning to take each day - and each hour - as they come.
Valerie said: "When dementia was mentioned, it's hard to describe how you feel.
"When you're given a diagnosis and told everything at once, you just think 'what do I do with this and where do I go with this?'.
"I had to process it and break it down. I also had to focus and deal with what was happening then and there.
"It's the same to this day, it's too overwhelming to think of it all as one big disease. I have to deal with what's going on but you find that once you start dealing with something, something else comes along.
"You're never prepared even though you feel like you are.
"He used to be very good with long term memory, dates, birthdays, dog, he loved dogs.
"He was a very active, fun, outgoing, joyful lad as most six-year-olds are, climbing on frames in the park, going on his bike and scooter.
"We noticed
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dementia is rarely heard of or spoken about. Most people automatically think it's just found in elderly. " When her son, Kayden, found it difficult to concentrate in school and complained of having a hard time watching TV, Valerie suspected he could have ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
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