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Title 6 Going On 60 / Director: Oram, Suemay
Published Australia : ABC2, 2010
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Summary Imagine being told that your beautiful baby will age up to 10 times faster than normal. This is the difficult situation facing the parents of children born with the rare genetic condition 'progeria'.6 Going On 60, introduces the delightful Kaylee Halko, who was diagnosed with progeria when she was six months old. Although just starting school she already has arthritis in her fingers, translucent skin, and a stunted stature. Her parents try to savour every moment, but with school beginning this year, she will become more aware of her condition. They know that the more curious she gets, the more they will have to tell her.Meanwhile, the film also follows six-year-old Lindsay Ratcliffe, who was diagnosed with progeria in 2004. Kaylee and Lindsay are two of only 13 known cases of progeria in the US. Their parents were recently given new hope when they were selected to take part in a revolutionary clinical drug trial. This moving film follows these brave little girls as they try to live happy, normal lives in the face of such a rare, incurable condition as well as their families' efforts to find a cure.PRODUCTION DETAILS: Executive Producer: Justine Kershaw and Producer/Director: Suemay Oram
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2010-06-16 at 21:30:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Children with disabilities -- Family relationships.
Drugs -- Testing.
Medical sciences -- Research.
Parents of children with disabilities -- Psychology.
Progeria.
Werner's syndrome -- Patients.
United States.
Form Streaming video
Author Gendazek, Katie, contributor
Halko, Brendan, contributor
Halko, Jacob, contributor
Halko, Kaylee, contributor
Halko, Marla, contributor
Halko, Tim, contributor
Halko, TJ, contributor
Innis, Jeffrey, contributor
Labo, Heidi, contributor
Magoun, Sarah, contributor
Oram, Suemay, director
Ratcliffe, Joe, contributor
Ratcliffe, Kristy, contributor
Ratcliffe, Lindsay, contributor