Laura Triplett

Aug 10, 2024

I am not afraid to hope anymore. Hola and Aloha, My name is Laura Velasquez-Triplett, I am a native Texan who was married in Hawai’i and fell in love with the Aloha Spirit. Before ALS I was in mortgage lending for eighteen years, when the market crashed, I decided to...

Lindsey Heiser

Aug 10, 2024

I remember my sister and brother coming up to me and asking what my father was like when he was healthy. My father has had ALS for 15 years. Growing up I was fortunate enough to see my father in his “healthy” stage. I remember my sister and brother coming up to me and...

Nate Methot

Aug 10, 2024

I recently published a memoir―A Life Derailed: My Journey with ALS―following my experiences with ALS. Hi, I’m Nate. Living with ALS since my 2011 diagnosis at age 27. I recently published a memoir―A Life Derailed: My Journey with ALS―following my experiences...

James Clingman

Aug 10, 2024

Let’s hope and pray ALS will one day soon get the respect it certainly deserves, in the forms of financial support for its victims, legislative support, FDA approval, research grants, and education. ALS is the Rodney Dangerfield of diseases. It gets no respect....

Elaine Hill

Aug 10, 2024

I have always been very independent, I was my family’s taxi, babysitter, problem solver and financial support. I have always been very independent, I was my family’s taxi, babysitter, problem solver and financial support. I had a full time job also, until...