Ashanti Elliot Smith is not expected to live past the age of 15.
Ashanti Elliot Smith, seen here with her mum Phoebe, is one of two people in Britain who suffers from Hutchinson Gilford Progeria.
The disease has left her with the body of a pensioner: she is not expected to live past the age of 15.
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A side-effect of the disease is alopecia.
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To disguise it, she wears her favourite pink wig. But when she wore it to school, a teacher told her to remove it.
She was told it might encourage other pupils at Oakmeeds Community College, in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, to dye their hair.
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Her mother Phoebe was furious.
She told her local paper, The Argus , that the family could not afford human hair wigs and were donated the bright pink one by friends of the family.
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