JonPritchard published Nottingham Post Heroes Awards: Brave youngsters overcoming...

When Maddison Sherwood was just a baby, she was diagnosed with an incredibly rare muscle and respiratory condition.Doctors warned her family that 95 per cent of youngsters born with the illness die before they are 18 months old – and any that live longer struggle to talk and require a ventilator around the clock.But seven years on, Maddison – who is in a wheelchair – can talk as well as any other child, enjoys five hours a day off her ventilator and will attend performing arts.