Support for those living with motor neurone disease
Community, Support
4 July 2024
VANESSA LAURIE / Taranaki Daily News
When retired vet Jonathan Spencer found out in 2021 he had motor neurone disease, it was like being hit with a sledgehammer.
“The thing about it is people react in different ways when they get a diagnosis of a terminal disease. Some people just want to shut themselves off from the rest of the world. Other people want support,” he says.
Jonathan has now re-established a support group in New Plymouth, alongside Jennifer Smart whose mother died of MND.
Read the article in the Taranaki Daily News here:
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350325086/support-those-living-motor-neurone-disease
Read more about the support group and how to attend: