Familial Dysautonomia - Tommy Curley

Familial Dysautonomia is a disorder of the autonomic and sensory nervous system. It affects a person's feeling of pain and most other stimuli. It can also affect a person's production of tears, saliva control, muscle development, motor skills, gastronomical control, growth of spine, body temperature, sweating, and digestion. This video is a trailer for a documentary of the girl, Sam, who is coping with FD. She has done very well with it and has a positive outlook on her life. FD can be a very crippling disfunction of the brain, but it can also be treated with therapy and very manageable.