Kevin Schaefer

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all having a great week so far.

Check out our last feature for ALS awareness month. Thanks again to everyone who has shared stories for this project!

This is Denise Hagen’s story:

“I’m the spouse of a person with ALS. We’ve been married 43 years, and were two weeks away from starting our dream retirement when…[Read more]

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a safe and relaxing holiday weekend.

We’re nearing the end of ALS awareness month, but we have a couple more member spotlights here. Thanks again to everyone who has shared stories!

This is Susan Gray’s story:

Contributed by Susan Gray

“My name is Susan, and I’d never had any health issues in my 72 yea…[Read more]

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a safe and relaxing weekend.

We still have a few more stories to share from people in our community. Check out Walter Durk’s story here:

Contributed by Walter Durk

“My journey into ‘ALS land’ began around 2006-2007. I was felling fine and was active. One day while cleaning the pool, my right leg failed to…[Read more]

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a safe and relaxing weekend.

Again, I wanted to thank everyone who’s submitted stories for our ALS awareness month project. These have been great.

Check out John Russell’s story:

“My illness began when I noticed I was tripping while running. In October of 2013, I was able to complete a 5K cross country run i…[Read more]

Hey everyone! Hope you all are staying safe and healthy.

As Dagmar posted about earlier, we at ALS News Today are doing a series of community member spotlights throughout April. In recognition of ALS awareness month, we want to share stories from people in our community. Check out the first one right here.

This is Diana Belland’s s…[Read more]

Hey everyone! Please take a few moments to fill out this survey about flight accommodations for wheelchair users. An advocacy organization called Rare Courage partnered with the nonprofit All Wheels Up on this project. Read more about this partnership here.

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