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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
Others might live for a couple of decades and those seem to be more the ones who remain able to speak, but confined to a wheelchair.
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Unfortunately the average life expectancy (prognosis) after an ALS diagnosis is made is only two to four years.
The ice bucket challenge did a lot to raise money and awareness for research ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMA-related_kinase_1) but it's a pretty brutal disease.
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ech·o cham·ber
/ˈekō ˌCHāmbər/
noun
An environment in which a person encounters only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own, so that their existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas are not considered.
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