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January 26, 2023 Columns by Kristin Neva

Watching a Film About Robots on Mars Through the Lens of ALS

Now that my husband, Todd, is paralyzed and uses a noninvasive ventilator, leaving the house is too hard on him. So when we have a date night, we watch a movie at home. Last weekend, we watched “Good Night Oppy,” a documentary about twin rovers that NASA…

November 13, 2019 News by Brad Dell

Rare Disease Film Festival Highlights Patient and Researcher Unity

Rare disease-themed videos glowed on a large screen before an audience of people in wheelchairs, with crutches, and bearing oxygen tanks this Nov. 9 and 10 in San Francisco. Disorder: The Rare Disease Film Festival strives to eventually host a film about every one of the nearly 7,000 rare…

March 27, 2018 Columns by Dagmar Munn

3 ALS News Items to Note: Exercise, a Documentary, and a Love Story

I don’t know about your email inbox, but mine often overflows with news alerts. I can usually buzz through them fairly quickly, but last week, three items caught my eye and had me clicking through to learn more. Exercise is safe for ALS patients Until my ALS diagnosis…

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