A mum is sharing her experience of raising her four-year-old disabled son on Instagram to help explain his condition and support others.

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If this doesn't melt you heart Lincoln has learnt how to kiss.. well by kiss I mean he comes at you with an open mouth full of dribble but I'm taking it!! He is very affectionate at the moment and actually comes up to you for a cuddle and he loves having blankets on him laying on the sofa!! Granted it's for a second, I just wish we could get to the bottom of how to control his sensory seeking behaviour he ends any positive interaction with a negative hair pull, smack or headbutt! He's become to immune to timeout at nursery when he's at home he thrives on it! He takes himself there, he knows how long to stay for and what to sign when he comes out! I don't actually have to say or do anything We start our private speech therapy after half term and I'm so excited for him!! We will be working on his attention and naming his body parts!! omg imagine him pointing at his nose when I ask him one day

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Paige Norman, 24, from Great Yarmouth, has been posting about her experience raising her son Lincoln, who lives with a number of rare conditions including one that means the two sides of his brain are not connected.

When Lincoln was five months old, he began to have seizures, sometimes as many as 70 in one day.

Ms Norman said in an Instagram post it was then "our parenthood journey we thought we knew came to a halt and replaced with our special educational needs (SEN) journey".

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Lincoln has decided today is too much for him

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Following a number of scans and tests, Ms Norman learned Lincoln had been born with the two sides of his brain not connected and three chromosome abnormalities which led to a number of other diagnoses.

Lincoln also has infantile spasms, sensory processing disorder and dysphagia, which affects his ability to swallow.

Ms Norman already has more than 1,000 followers on her Instagram page, and when reflecting on why she set it up she told BBC News: "The hardest thing was so many people love and care for him and I didn't want to relive [his diagnoses] all the time and explain over and over again, but anyone can read that."

Many different moments, good, challenging and scary are all shared on the account.

Ms Norman said she found support through similar accounts online, and wanted to help others who are looking after children with disabilities.

"We all go through the same troubles, like getting stick if you park in a blue badge space, funding problems," she said.

"Things people with 'typical' children don't understand, things they take for granted.

"Having someone to turn to knowing all the different feelings, you mourn the child you never had and go through the jealousy of seeing 'normal' children and their family do things you can't do.

"It's nice to have someone to tell you those feelings are normal and okay and know you're not alone."

Many parents have left messages of support and thanks on her Instagram posts.

"Thank you for sharing your story," one comment said. "That is great you are spreading awareness."