Superheroes helped a Meltham boy with a genetic condition so rare it doesn’t have a name.

Logan Crotty has got a chromosome micro-deletion which was diagnosed after he experienced a number of seizures.

The two-year-old’s condition is so rare his family is unaware of any other child with it.

Yesterday his friends and staff at the Little Acorns Nursery in Meltham, which Logan attends twice a week, held a bun stall and dress-up fun day to raise funds for support charity Unique that has helped Logan’s family.

Parents Kate and Mark, along with siblings Jordan, 13, Lily-Mae, eight, and Leoni, four, are thrilled with the support.

Mum Kate Hirst said: “Logan has been going to Little Acorns since the new year and it’s nice they’re doing what they can to help raise funds for Unique. They’ve baked buns and have had a fancy dress day and Logan was dressed in a spider costume.

“Unique is a small cause that supports families and puts people in touch with others going through a similar experience.

“Looking at him you could never tell he has this condition. For him it means he has no speech, he can babble like baby but that’s all.

“He has low muscle tone in his pelvis so after walking for a while he tires out and falls over, and when eating he doesn’t chew so he’s a choking risk.

“There’s no cure because it’s a genetic condition, so all we can do it support the problems he might face.”

Logan, who will turn three in July, was born with plagiocephaly, a condition known as flat-head syndrome.

After an appeal in the Examiner when he was four-months-old, donations from strangers funded a specialist helmet to correct the flat spots on his head, and it worked wonders for little Logan.

It was at eight-month-old when Logan had seizures that his genetic condition was discovered.

Kate added: “He saw a doctor at the epilepsy clinic but everything came back fine.

“They did tests for fragile x syndrome and that’s how they discovered he had a different genetic condition.

“He looks healthy but sometimes a smell or a noise can trigger something off. People think he’s just having a paddy when he’s not.”

Logan has one-to-one support at nursery and Kate and Mark are taking him for speech therapy.

Their next hurdle is to fundraise for a specialist bed for Logan. He is growing out of his current cot and needs a secure bed as he grows. It could cost the family up to £7,000 for the secure bed to prevent him falling out or injuring himself.

In the meantime they’re supporting Unique. Click here for more information on the charity.

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