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Northern Ohio Chapter
David Hollister, Shares His Story with Covering the Corner
2023 Cleveland Walk to Defeat ALS Honorary Co-Chair, David Hollister, interviewed with Covering the Corner leading up to his ceremonial first pitch at the June 6 Guardian's game honoring Lou Gehrig Day. David shared details about his battle with a degenerative nerve disease.
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Northern Ohio Chapter
May is Better Speech and Hearing Month
The speech language pathologist, commonly called speech therapist, has an important role in managing the symptoms of ALS. Creating thoughts, words and phrases, no matter if in verbal or written forms, is a complex process involving regions of the brain and a complex network of nerves and muscles throughout the body.
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The Jane Calmes ALS Scholarship Fund Kicks Off Year Four
The Jane Calmes ALS Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 school year! This fund will provide a $5,000 scholarship to students seeking a college degree or vocational certificate who have been financially burdened by an ALS diagnosis. The deadline to apply is May 18, 2022.
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Northern Ohio Chapter
How Does ALS Affect My Life?
This is a personal statement read by Jennifer Bernay on the 2021 virtual hill day held with the ALS Association Northern Ohio Chapter and members of congress representing the state of Ohio.
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Northern Ohio Chapter
Applications open for 2021-22 The Jane Calmes ALS Scholarship Fund
The purpose of the scholarship fund is to provide financial assistance to students pursuing an accredited college degree or vocational certificate, and whose ability to cover the costs is severely compromised as a result of their family’s financial burden of ALS.
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Northern Ohio Chapter / ALS Association
ALS Takes Far Too Many, Far Too Soon
I am the legacy of Oscar Aukschun, who was a wood pattern maker and first generation American and a resident of Cleveland, Ohio who developed weakness of his hands and arms in 1943 around the age of 43 years. He was a hard-working father who provided for his wife and three children.
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Northern Ohio Chapter / ALS Association
Fran McClellan Awarded the Lawrence A. Rand Prize
At our most recent clinical conference, we honored Frances (Fran) McClellan with the Lawrence A. Rand Prize. The award recognizes the courage, passion, integrity, and commitment of people serving the ALS community as volunteers, health care professionals, educators, communicators, or in other ways contributing to the quality of life of people living with ALS. It was established by Lawrence Rand, a former chairman of the Association’s Board of Trustees who played a major role in laying the cornerstone of what is now The ALS Association.
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