Brave tot with rare syndrome walks for the first time

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This is the moment a tot with a rare genetic condition took his first steps without a walking frame.  Charlie Shea, two, shocked his parents last Thursday (April 3) when he unexpectedly started walking using only walking sticks for support.  Charlie has 20p duplication syndrome, a rare genetic condition which causes a wide range of physical and developmental challenges.  Until now, Charlie had only been able to walk a few steps using a walking frame but when he tried the sticks for the first time, he set off confidently.

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00:00Okay, let's see if it's time.

00:05That's it, yeah.

00:07Oh my God, stop it.

00:08Can we just stand first?

00:09Can we just stand first?

00:14Oh, he's laughing when he's standing there.

00:18Androian standing door.

00:21Androian standing door.

00:24Four, one, two, three, four, five.

00:28Androian standing door.

00:32Look at that.

00:34She's lifting, yeah?

00:35Yeah.

00:36She's standing so well and so stable.

00:40They are too high.

00:41We have to lower them.

00:41You can do that in an hour ago.

00:44Thank you, good joby.

00:46Off we go.

00:47See you later.

00:51Androian, you want to be snoring?

00:53Yeah.

00:54I'm going to go right here.

00:55Yeah.

00:55Sit.

00:59Sit.

00:59And, and, and, and sit.

01:04She needs to be on his feet more.

01:07Yeah?

01:08Yeah.

01:09I can't put a palm in there.

01:10That's why you need to keep them on for a little longer every day.

01:14So he's, he's spending more time on his feet, doing this instead of on his knees.

01:23Yeah.

01:24You coming this way?

01:26I'm going to do my hands.

01:28Charlie, that's the store room.

01:30Come go there.

01:31Charlie, wait a sec.

01:33I need to go with this a little bit.

01:35I need to go with this a little bit.

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