County Durham boy with quad cerebral palsy takes on the Great North Run mini 50
Excitement is building for the Junior and Mini Great North Run
Young runners across the region are taking on 50 meters to 4 kilometers along iconic Newcastle landmarks this weekend.
Teddy from County Durham has quad cerebral palsy and is a full time wheelchair user who finds taking any steps with a walker very difficult. He also has drug resistant epilepsy, autism and is partially sighted.
Nicola, his mum, tells us he is taking on the challenge of completing the 50 meters in 15-minutes.
He is hoping to raise money for 'North East Sight Matters' who have been a huge support to him along with many other families.
Nicola said: "Me and his dad are so proud of him. He's such a kind, caring, lovable soul.
"For him to walk with a walker, we take for granted as ourselves being able bodied, he wants to do it but his body won't let him do it.
"His body works against himself. He doesn't get the signals necessary to his legs correctly. If he has an epileptic seizure, then obviously that affects him as well.
"We've been doing the Great North Run with him now for the last 5-years since it first started with the mini 50.
"And he said, I want to do it this year again and I'm going to set myself a challenge to try and complete it, they give you half an hour, but he wants to try his very best to do it in about 15 minutes."