Northwest suburb comes together for 3-year-old with rare neurological disease

The funds raised Sunday through "Austin's A-Team" event will help pay for nursing care, any home renovations and equipment needed for his care.Fire trucks, bouncy houses, raffles and a DJ all came out to support a smiley little 3-year-old, Austin Rose.

Austin has a rare neurological disease called PCH-6. It's a debilitating disorder that causes him to have seizures and physical delays and requires him to eat through a g-tube."He has limited mobility in speech, but he's very cognitively aware. So, anything we can do to make him smile, something like this, the things that this provides, goes a long way," said Brian Rose, Austin's dad.

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