article_snippet: Prof Hawking said: 'The Motor Neurone Disease Association is doing very valuable work, and my first husband Stephen Hawking is the patients' patron, and so we're here to support my first husband
article_snippet: Stephen Hawking is the patients' patron as well as to support The Motor Neurone Disease Association.'
article_snippet: Asked if enough is being done to support patients with The Motor Neurone Disease Association and what needs to change, Prof Hawking said: 'I think patients with the disease're doing very well considering that there's very little support for disabled people and patients with the disease families from the Government. '
highlights_snippet: Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) reception at the Buckingham Palace .
  