Running for Harrison: couples big challenge to help improve life for disabled son

Running for Harrison: couples big challenge to help improve life for disabled son

4:00pm Wednesday 23rd April 2014 in News By Emma Joseph

A DORSET couple is putting best feet forward in a bid to help improve the life of their disabled son.

Little Harrison Dilling, five, has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and is completely wheelchair bound.

His parents, Jon and Jo, who live in Glenmoor Road, Ferndown with Harrison and his brother Reece, seven, set up Harrisons Trust Fund to raise money for whatever equipment and treatment the little boy may need.

They are now focused on collecting 5,000 towards for a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) and have signed up to take part in the Tough Mudder race near Henley on April 27.

Jo said: Its about his dignity. Harrison is now five and he just doesnt want to be carried in and out of the car each and every time what five-year-old would?

Jo and Jons friends and family have been busy fundraising, reaching almost half the 5,000 target, but the couple now want to do their bit.

The Tough Mudder, a 12-mile run involving mud, swamps, electric shocks and other obstacles, is described as a hardcore event, designed by the Special Forces.

Jon said: Lots of friends and family have done little bits and bobs, but we wanted to do something together.

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