Kate was born in 1994, in north Western Australia. I had a normal birth and 'mother and baby were fit and healthy'. When she was born, the doctor asked what nationality her father was because my newborn had olive skin. I said 'Moroccan. Within 24 hours she came to me and said that because she was of North African descent she would need to have a Hepatitis B vaccination which 'was perfectly safe'.

I was too exhausted and inexperienced to ask any more about it. I took my baby girl home and her head seemed swollen (see pic attached). She also seemed strangely quiet and not hungry and droopy. At about 6 months of age she had a catscan and I was told she had benign hydrocephalus.

Later, she was diagnosed with ocular motor apraxia, a rare neural condition which effects balance and horizontal eye movement.

She didn't walk until she was three and all her gross motor skills were severely delayed. OMA is at its worse during the first five years of a child's life and my child, now age 7, is much better. She will always have balance problems and may never be able to ride a bike. Only recently have I read of the adverse effects associated with Hepatitis B vaccinations and that my child's vaccination contained mercury. I believe that the unnecessary vaccination caused my daughter's problems and put me through almost 6 years of terrible difficulty in struggling to cope with her disability. I think most parents believe that the vaccination system is for the greater good of all and that it is as safe as it can be. It is not so and unfortunately the only way I learnt that was at my little girl's expense.