A DISABLED teenager looks set to receive the vital equipment she needs to live a more independent life.

Emilia Taylor, 16, from Melbourne in East Yorkshire, has Infantile Refsum Disease - an inherited metabolic disorder.

She is deaf-blind, has global developmental delay and a recent growth spurt means that her walking has deteriorated.

Children’s charity Newlife appealed for the public’s help to raise £3,760 to buy a portable hoist and shower chair in The Press last week, and two charities have come forward to offer the family what she needs as well as Newlife receiving £700 in donations.

Mum Helen Taylor said: “It’s completely overwhelming to get so much support.

“Where we can go is so limiting and the normal world feels shut off because there are so few facilities with a hoist.

“We have always tried to do things for her but it is getting very hard.”

The Nikki Waterhouse Trust, a charity named after the murdered York woman, who was 32 when she was killed by former soldier Jeremy Green at a flat in Phoenix Boulevard in October 2013, has offered the teenager support along with Be Independent who provide equipment to support individuals to live at home.

Heather Barden, chief executive of Be Independent, said: “We are a community interest company working in the health and social care sector so we see the increasing pressures faced by people every day, so helping a local family just seemed like the right thing to do.”

John Waterhouse, the trustee of The Nikki Waterhouse Trust, said: “As part of our work we aim to support children and their families in times of need. We are always on the lookout for cases worth supporting and try to assist those who need our help the most. After reading about Emilia in The Press, we were deeply touched by her story and would like to offer support.”