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Chairman of the Neuro-muscular Disease Association is grateful he is still able to fight for the rights of the severely disabled at the age of 51
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At 51, Raymond Lau Wai-ming has met only five other people who've lived past 50 with his condition.

"For a person with a neuromuscular disease, I'm considered very old - just ancient," said Lau, who was born with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that causes muscle deterioration and serious physical impairment.
"The fact is, our condition is not well known nor understood in society, and subsidies and help are extremely inadequate."
The fact is, our condition is not well known nor understood in society, and subsidies and help are extremely inadequate
Lau's condition was not properly diagnosed until he was 35, when he emerged from a 15-year bout of depression triggered by an accident.
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