For National Respiratory Care Week, The ALS Association has compiled a list of the wide variety of free, reliable information and resources for everyone affected by ALS.
Learn about the five bright, young researchers from prestigious academic institutions across the country who have been selected to join The ALS Association’s 2023 Class of Milton Safenowitz Postdoctoral Fellows.
We recently launched Nationwide Connect, monthly online support groups for both male and female ALS caregivers designed with one thing in mind—enhancing quality of life and supporting families impacted by ALS regardless of where they live. They follow support group best practices and join people together who are dealing with similar experiences.
Medicare open enrollment begins Sunday, October 15, the annual period when individuals may add, drop, or make changes to their health insurance coverage, with selections remaining in effect for the next full year. After the open enrollment window closes on December 7, plan changes can only be made after a qualifying life event.
Series: Tuesdays running November 7 to November 21, 2023
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, November 1
Art for Healing Series
In the class Jane will gently guide you through a number of timed questions or steps which you respond to intuitively with color and movement. You will have the choice of working on a digital platform if you use eye gaze or head mouse devices, or using paint and other materials that will be shipped to you.
Cathy Cummings, executive director of the International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations, believes someday we’ll see a world free of ALS/MND. She also believes we won’t see that day unless we stay committed to working together—everywhere—to make it happen. "We'll never solve ALS until we include the whole world,” she says. “A strong partnership among all organizations dedicated to fighting ALS can move the needle on finding a cure and in making ALS livable."
In order to make ALS a livable disease and ultimately find a cure, we need to increase the number of clinical trials and make it easier for more people to participate in those trials. No one knows this better than Dr. Merit Cudkowicz, Director of the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS and Chief of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Forest Bathing with The ALS Association and Motz Studios
The ALS Association is partnering with Motz Studios to bring you a FREE two-hour Forest Bathing session at Springbrook Nature Center on October 6th from 10:30am-12:30pm. You can choose to stick around for an hour or so afterwards for a social snack picnic.
Join The ALS Association for a FREE one-hour private tour of a few rotating exhibits at the Walker Art Center, followed by a social gathering in the sculpture garden.
This event is for those living with ALS and a plus one (friend/family member/caregiver) to attend. The Walker Arts Center welcomes visitors of all abilities to engage with the visual, performing, and media arts of our time. Space is limited, so be sure to reserve your spots ASAP.
Please reserve a spot for each person who will attend.
ALS is a very different disease. Therefore physical therapy treatment has to be different than what you would consider typical physical therapy. You can't fight it off or beat it with exercising. In fact, the wrong kind of exercising can actually make things worse.