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This fact sheet aims to help educators understand what ALS is, what students might experience while navigating an ALS diagnosis of someone close to them, and how school staff and school administrators can support students who have been impacted by ALS, especially in learning and school performance.

The ALS Canada Children and Youth Resource Hub provides educational materials that will address the unique challenges faced by children and youth impacted by ALS.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or motor neuron disease in some regions of the world, is a progressive fatal neuromuscular disease.