{"id":1311,"date":"2014-12-01T14:11:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T22:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/?page_id=1311"},"modified":"2015-03-03T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:07:20","slug":"als","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/lessons\/english\/als\/","title":{"rendered":"ALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease, is a neurodegenerative disorder. Learn more by checking out the following links.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.als.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\">ALS Canada<\/a> &#8211; general information and support for those affected by ALS.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alsbc.ca\/what-als\">ALS Society of BC<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alsa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ALS Association <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.als411.ca\/eng\/teens\/fact_book.html\" target=\"_blank\">ALS411 for Teens<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; teen fact book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symptoms<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninds.nih.gov\/disorders\/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis\/detail_als.htm\" target=\"_blank\">National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/a> &#8211; fact sheet<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/memory.ucsf.edu\/education\/diseases\/als\" target=\"_blank\">UCF Memory and Aging Centre<\/a> &#8211; U of California&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mda.org\/publications\/facts-about-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis\" target=\"_blank\">Facts about ALS <\/a>&#8211; from MDA (fighting muscle disease)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/authors\/kate-lunau\/understanding-als\/\" target=\"_blank\">Understanding ALS<\/a> &#8211; from Macleans magazine.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/matthewherper\/2014\/08\/19\/think-the-ice-bucket-challenge-is-stupid-youre-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think the Ice Bucket Challenge is Stupid? Think Again<\/a>. &#8211; from Forbes magazine.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2109533-my-journey-from-baseball-star-to-als-patient-75-years-after-lou-gehrig\" target=\"_blank\">My Journey from Baseball Star to ALS Patient, 75 Years After Lou Gehrig<\/a> &#8211; one person&#8217;s experience with ALS diagnosis.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findingdulcinea.com\/news\/on-this-day\/May-June-08\/On-this-Day--Lou-Gehrig-Dies-of-ALS.html\" target=\"_blank\">On This Day: Lou Gehrig Dies of ALS<\/a> &#8211; learn more about the individual the disease is most often associated with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig&#8217;s Disease, is a neurodegenerative disorder. Learn more by checking out the following links. General ALS Canada &#8211; general information and support for those affected by ALS. ALS Society of BC ALS &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/lessons\/english\/als\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1064,"featured_media":0,"parent":1388,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1311"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1064"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1311\/revisions\/1312"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/north-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}