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Living with a deadline: how a teen with muscular dystrophy lives with an expectation of death
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is widely believed to affect as many as 1 in 3,500 live male births globally.
Despite having to use a wheelchair, Chen Tsz-kin has been embracing life in a way many other teenagers only dream about. Tsz-kin was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy at the age of one and a half, and his family was told he had only about 18 years to live. Now, as he approaches this supposed deadline, Tsz-kin shares his views on life, death and why he dares to hope for a future.
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