About the Artist:
Everything was pretty straightforward for Sarah until the age of 34. Happily married with a beautiful girl and pregnant with her son, she was healthy, fit and enjoying her pregnancy. She couldn’t have asked for more.
In February 2000 she noticed some weakness in her left arm along with slurred speech. Sarah was diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in April 2000. Her world was shattered. Her marriage collapsed as she became progressively disabled. She couldn’t care for her children or herself and spiralled into deep depression. Sarah’s now a divorced, disabled parent who is totally dependent on carers for everything. She never expected her life to change so tragically and it took years to see anything positive about her situation.
She started writing her memoir in 2005 using E Z Keys software with a chin switch. Sarah started to paint with Tobii Dynavox eyegaze software in 2012, and is now a world-renowned eyegaze artist. She is the London Jewish News Community Hero 2010, The Third Sector Volunteer of the Year 2016 and a patron of Lifelites. Sarah is in the MND Association’s first broadcast advert ‘Sarah’s Story’ and Co-Chair of the NW London MND branch.
Approximately 5,000 people have this devastating illness in the UK and five people die from it every day. Sarah’s aim is to continue to raise awareness of MND until a cure is found.
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