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Assistive Technology Educational Series (For People and Families Living with ALS) ALS Diagnosis and Symptom Management Speaker: Zachary Simmons, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Director, ALS Center, Penn State Hershey Medical Center The talk will consist of an overview of ALS in general, the...

Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone might have the answer to my query. My mom who has had ALS for 5 years is now bed-ridden and we need an air mattress. We live in Canada and I was wondering, where there might be a used and/or affordable and comfortable one available? Any information you can...

Here is a poem from the book "Do the Mountains Call Your Name?" by Paul Beland (ALS Canada - Incompatible Browser) who lived in Grande Cache, Alberta, about an hour and a half north of me, I Dream I used to think a hike, then I'd hike it I used to think a climb, then I'd climb it I used to...

The good folks at CanAssist at the University of Victoria, BC, in Canada have created and made available for public use a new program called Dynamic Keyboard. Dynamic Keyboard is an alternative text entry program for users who have motor control problems that make it difficult to use a regular...

(Please move this post if it's not in the appropriate spot) I just wanted to pop in and thank everyone on this forum for their support of ALS Canada over the past year. Although I don't post often, I do read the forums and posts and this holiday season I will be thinking of all of you...

foodconsumer.org - AMA urges clinical studies of marijuana By Sheilah Downey The American Medical Association may have helped push marijuana further into the medical mainstream when it urged the federal government to allow the herb to be used for studies in the development of cannabis-based...

Just got this e-mail from ALSA. (Why can't the US go in with this with Canada, Aus, NZ and the UK and get a REAL representative database going? Anyway ... this is a good start!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few minutes ago, the House of...

I just became aware of the federal government's Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) for disabled Canadians. It was posted on my bank's website today. It began in 2008 and is remarkably generous, particularly to PALS under 49. Some highlights include: -income from investments in the plan...

As long as I can remember, reading has been one of my favourite past times. It was really heartbreaking when reading became too much of an ordeal as my hands and arms grew weaker. I never enjoyed audiobooks as I usually found the narrators annoying. I looked into the Kindle ebook reader - but...

So today I got my disabled parking placard and my first Canada Pension Plan Disability cheque. Two small things that seem like huge steps for me so to celebrate I drove right to the bank to deposit the money and tried to park in the disabled parking spot but it was occupied by a sporty car...