When his mother calls his name from across the living room in their home in Seoul, six-year-old Ian's eyes turn in her direction.
This was thought impossible two years ago, says his mother, Dr Jenny Hwang, 43. The boy suffers from Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a rare and severe form of childhood epilepsy that impairs cognitive and physical functions.
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