AN INSPIRATIONAL Chester eight-year-old has been honoured for selfless efforts to help her younger brother cope with his disease.

Amy Packer, of Upton Lane in Upton, was presented with The Young Person of the Year glass plaque at the 2008 Coeliac UK Awards during the charity’s annual conference at Glaziers Hall in London.

Amy, who suffers from the auto-immune disease coeliac herself, has provided help to her four-year-old brother Zak.

Coeliac affects one in 100 people in the UK and is caused by intolerance to gluten, which causes an inflammation in the intestines.

But after coming to terms with her own fate, Amy was on hand to explain the disease to Zak, a fellow Upton Heath Primary pupil, when he was diagnosed.

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