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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David Husman pledged $20 million to Nova Southeastern University to support research and other programs within the newly named David and Cathy Husman Neuroscience Institute, its Cathy J. Husman ALS ...

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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Since the inception of I AM ALS, federal funding for ALS research has increased by $1 billion. Last year alone, the organization procured $321 million in federal appropriations for the disease.

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.