Affiliated Managers Group Gives $20M to Help Establish ALS Research Center

Living Loudly and Laughing with Dysarthria

About four years ago, ALS impeded my speaking ability. Like more than 80 percent of all ALS patients, I now have dysarthria, or what I refer to as my “ALS voice.” It’s a slurred, slow speech pattern with a nasal tone and imprecise pronunciation of consonants. For…