USE OUR HASHTAG #Fight2FundALS

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USE OUR HASHTAG #Fight2FundALS 〰️ 27 FIGHTING 〰️

The time is now to stop underfunding ALS. Each week #Fight2FundALS will lead a united weekly social media “action.” The goal? To increase federal funding for ALS research by $300 million in 2025. Unite to fight. Unite to fund.

LEARN ABOUT THE PLAN

THIS WEEK’S ACTION:

#ALSBeforeandAfter

Show the reality of ALS with a #ALSBeforeandAfter social media post. Download our post now to share or create your own.

This is my dad, Paul. See his #ALSBeforeandAfter in this week’s action.

ALS may sound vague or unfamiliar unless you or someone you love is diagnosed with this horrible disease. Thank you for fighting with us to shed light on the realities of ALS and to push for funding research. Here are just some ALS facts that those with ALS struggle with every day.

Anyone can get ALS. Anyone. It is not a disease just for the elderly. Healthy people can be diagnosed in their 20s. It can be genetic or random. ALS does not discriminate.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. It affects voluntary muscle movement. It begins without warning by tripping when walking, falling or weakness in hands or feet.

Every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed and dies from ALS. Government funding for ALS is in constant threat of being cut. In order to cure this cruel disease, more federal funding and research is desperately needed.

A parent with familial ALS, or genetic ALS, has a 50% chance of passing the mutation to each of his or her children.

ALS is fatal. There is no cure. Life expectancy is 2-5 years. Within 2-3 years sufferers experience the paralysis of voluntary muscles. They will lose the ability to breathe, swallow, walk and communicate.

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