Never heard of childhood dementia before, and apparently many people were like me before watching the video, so I am spreading awareness.

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    This genuinely felt like a weird scam to me. I had no idea it existed, but apparently there’s a whole host of childhood conditions that can cause childhood dementia.

    That’s very upsetting.

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      The donation link is above all of the social media (Facebook, Twitter/X, etc.) ones so the focus seems on bringing in money rather than raising awareness.

      Nations used to have functioning government systems that would fund this stuff - not just in children but in adults too. But right-wing parties seem in control of everything lately, thus such children that provide less tangible benefits to society will get triaged in terms of available funding.

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      Still kinda sounds like a scam. This particular video I mean. Because I act the same way when I’m high af. Having known people who actually have dementia, this is not how they act.

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        No idea about this particular girl, but there’s plenty of authentic disorders that can cause childhood dementia:

        • Batten Disease (Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses, NCL)
        • Sanfilippo Syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis Type III, MPS III)
        • Niemann-Pick Disease Type C, GM1 and GM2 Gangliosidosis (Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff Disease)
        • Leukodystrophies (such as Metachromatic Leukodystrophy and Krabbe Disease)
        • Mitochondrial Disorders (such as Leigh syndrome)
        • Rett Syndrome
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          Watch video and watch follow up video and damn that is fucked. In the second video a child young as 2 got that shit. We need a cure yesterday