A New Column by National Laureate Provides
Unique Look on Life for the ALS Community

By Gary Wosk, Staff Writer 

The first in a series of new monthly columns written by Noah benShea, national laureate of The ALS Association about finding the courage to live with ALS, has debuted at www.alsa.org.

The column (to view click here), features the insight of benShea, and the courageous “what matters” most lessons or reflections submitted by those in the ALS community.  

“In all of our lives there comes a moment, an event, that suddenly realigns our life and make makes us realize what matters,” said benShea, whose father had ALS. “None of us are ever the same again.”

One of the objectives of the column is to inspire those in the ALS community to also find the strength necessary to improve their quality of life in the face of challenging circumstances, a situation benShea and family found themselves in when his father was diagnosed with the disease.

“Courage was the only way to get through the days that were too long and too short,” benShea said.

It is the hope of benShea that readers will pass the word about the column and “pass the word to those the word will be an ally.”

“Here is a place where people with ALS, or people in the circle of those with ALS have been touched by life changing moments can share what they now realize matters most,” said benShea, who has been the subject of numerous radio, television and newspaper interviews.