The Walk to Defeat ALS is the ALS Association’s signature event, with funds raised directly supporting innovative research, care services, and advocacy efforts.

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Since Wallach’s ALS diagnosis in 2017, the couple has spearheaded arguably the most successful patient advocacy campaign this century. Since founding I Am ALS the following year, the ...

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It’s scheduled for Sep. 17 at Winton Woods Park. Participants can walk as an individual or as a team to support research, advocacy, and education. For more information, click here.

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“We have seen a significant lift in donations, which will help our urgent work to make ALS a livable disease through local care, national advocacy, and global ALS research,” a rep for the ...

A photograph collage of ALS advocacy moments hangs on the wall of Wallach's home office. (Jamie Kelter Davis for NPR) "I'm not the optimist Brian is by nature," Abrevaya said.

More recently, ALS has significantly weakened his voice and Abrevaya has helped him deliver his testimony. "This is the closing argument for our lives," Wallach told House lawmakers in July 2021.