Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
What is ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
Donate! alsa.org
Because I said I would's Founder, Alex Sheen, accepts the #IceBucketChallenge from supporter David Yeh in Hong Kong.
Colonel Parker Schenecker, "Napkin Notes Dad" Garth Callaghan and marathoner Bobby O'Donnell...you have 24 hours. The ALS Association and over 25 other nonprofit organizations will be joining us at our inaugural event on September 6th. becauseisaidiwould.com/one
What is ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
Donate! alsa.org
Because I said I would's Founder, Alex Sheen, accepts the #IceBucketChallenge from supporter David Yeh in Hong Kong.
Colonel Parker Schenecker, "Napkin Notes Dad" Garth Callaghan and marathoner Bobby O'Donnell...you have 24 hours. The ALS Association and over 25 other nonprofit organizations will be joining us at our inaugural event on September 6th. becauseisaidiwould.com/one
