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		</div><p>The Theory Of Everything star Eddie Redmayne has thrown his weight behind a moving new campaign for Motor Neurone Disease awareness month.</p>
<p>The 34-year-old actor, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of MND sufferer Professor Stephen Hawking, is championing the Shortened Stories campaign – which gives a voice to the real people whose lives have been, or will be, cut short by the disease.</p>
<p>Eddie, who is expecting his first child with wife Hannah Bagshawe, said the “incredibly brutal illness” is “one very close to my heart” as he introduced a poignant poem by young father and MND sufferer Robert Davidson.</p>
<p>He said: “I was delighted to highlight this beautiful video about Robert and his young family as it’s important to raise awareness of this brutal disease.</p>
<p>“I want as many people as possible to watch – and share – the video, so that understanding of MND will be greater in the future”.</p>
<p>http://youtu.be/IoaE8aER6wY</p>
<p>Robert, also 34, who still works three days a week as a property lawyer, became a father for the first time to daughter Maya in January with wife Sariet.</p>
<p>He used to go to the gym four times a week with his wife and loved playing squash and football, but is now confined to a wheelchair and finds poetry his outlet.</p>
<p>Before he was “aspiring to be senior partner, with grandchildren sat on my lap.”</p>
<p>Now, he recites through his speech synthesiser, “Finally I am present, not guessing whether I will outlive the cat, without the futile fear of being trapped, looking no further than the horizon.</p>
<p>”I will not imprison today, with tomorrow’s cells, nor gift wrap caged memories, let later wait for the here and now.”<br />
His diagnosis had taught him to “find beauty in between the cracks and feel majesty in the mundane”.</p>
<p>He said: “I want to share how my perspective has changed for the better through poetry.</p>
<p>“My daughter is adorable. My wife has been unbelievable. I’ve actually had a great year.”</p>
<p>MND is a fatal and incurable disease that attacks the nerves that control movement, so muscles no longer work. MND kills a third of people within a year of diagnosis, and more than half within two years.</p>
<p>Chris James, director of external affairs for the MND Association, said: “While Professor Stephen Hawking’s story is so very inspiring, the harsh truth is that most people with MND die less than two years after they’re diagnosed, and that’s a message this year’s Shortened Stories campaign is getting across very powerfully.</p>
<p>“With Eddie’s assistance and Robert’s wonderful video and poem, both specially recorded for our campaign, so many more people will realise exactly what a diagnosis of MND means.”</p>
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