We are all guilty of it. How first impressions are not always correct. Over 10,000 adults live with it in the UK alone. How having Ataxia can change your perception of the person. Ataxia: Winning the medical lottery tells the story of Richard Davis and his struggle of living with Cerebellar Ataxia. We are all guilty of creating assumptions of others through first impressions. What if we are wrong, someone is not drunk because they are slurring their words; but trying to get their point across while their cerebral cortex deteriorates. Ataxia means ‘loss of order’ and those that have a type of Ataxia live with affected balance, co-ordination and speech; while still having to live with a general public that only 9% even have knowledge of the …show more content…
Through different interviews with Richard we are told of his battle to be diagnosed with the even rarer type of the condition Idiopathic late-onset Cerebellar Ataxia. His further battle with ‘normal’ life; of conversing with others, getting around and completing tasks others look at of easy to complete i.e. walking down stairs. There will also be filmed interviews with Dr. Tom Hayton, Consultant Neurologist. This will give us an up-to-date diagnosis of Richard’s condition and how he has found him as a patient. Leading to interviews with Richard’s wife Kathryn and his daughter Grace and their lives with a family member with Ataxia. How even going on simple days out of retail shopping can lead to what Grace will call “an embarrassing situation”, with Richard getting confused easily leading to arguments with sales assistants of resolvable situations. An interview with a spokesperson from the charity Ataxia UK will give a general view of how people today live with Ataxia, the ways they are trying to gain more awareness for the neurological disorder. Furthermore, how they have found the public’s perceptions of people with