This is a condition much less well known than cerebral palsy - which has similar physical manifestations - and yet one in 1, 000 children live with the condition.

BBC: Two-year-old stroke victim is living with hemiplegia

Dr Baigent said surveys in the UK have shown that aspirin is prescribed to less than a quarter of people with diseases such as peripheral arterial disease - a condition which causes fatty deposits to build up in the arteries of the leg, and which commonly leads to heart attacks or strokes.

BBC: Aspirin

Respondents who have a longstanding mental or physical disability or condition are less likely than those who have not to say people's perceptions have improved - 65% compared to 79% of those without a disability.

BBC: UK