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Helping people with ALS communicate using assistive technology - HomePage
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) , also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, was first described by Bell in 1830, and named by Charcot in 1874. A translation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is:
ALS is a progressive disorder of the nervous system which causes degeneration in both upper and lower motor neurons and results in muscle weakness.
Lou Gehrig, a famous baseball player in the U.S. during the 1930's, became afflicted with ALS. He was known as baseball's "Ironman". Strength, agility, excellent health - Lou Gehrig had everything it took to become a baseball legend. But Lou Gehrig had something else. At the peak of his career, he was diagnosed as having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He died at the age of 38.
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