About ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that slowly robs a person of their ability to walk, speak, swallow and, eventually breathe. With no known cause or cure, a person can expect to live typically 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis.

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, has no racial, ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries and in only 10% of cases there is a family history of ALS. Today, there are approximately 32,000 people in the US living with ALS and 5,000 people are diagnosed each and every year in the US. At any given time, there are an estimated 600 people living with ALS in in the Rocky Mountain area of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. 

To learn more, please visit our website at alsrockymountain.org.