Shoreham pupil doctors said would never walk has crossed the line at the Heroes Run Youth Mile
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Five-year-old Mya Housley may have been the last to finish the Heroes Run Youth Mile but there could not have been a bigger cheer as she crossed the line.
It took Mya 25 minutes to complete the RISE-branded race, which is a remarkable achievement for a girl doctors once said would never walk.
Mya, a pupil at Herons Dale Primary School in Shoreham, was born with a seizure disorder, Axenfeld-Reiger syndrome, white matter on the brain, chromosome 6 deletion and a submucus cleft palet.
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Hide AdNone of this has stopped her from getting on and doing things which many people take for granted.
Mum Ellie Housley said: “We were told that she would never walk a