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Motor Neurone Disease/ALS

Last Updated: May 2010

MND (Motor Neurone Disease or Motor Neuron Disease) or ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is a condition which relentlessly destroys the nerves that control the muscles that enable us to move, speak, breathe and swallow while leaving the intellect and senses generally unaffected.

These Speaking from Experience video clips offer first-hand accounts from people who have experienced Motor Neuron Disease. It was produced in partnership with the Motor Neuron Disease Association of Victoria.

Click on the Animations tab to view 3D medical animations about this illness.

Diagnosis

Clip 1 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Members Only 5:13 min 8.3 MB
Reactions

Clip 2 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Play 2:43 min 5 MB
Concerns

Clip 3 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Play 2:31 min 4 MB
Physical symptoms

Clip 4 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Members Only 4:11 min 6.8 MB
Coping

Clip 5 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Members Only 8:29 min 12.1 MB
Relationships

Clip 1 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Members Only 5:18 min 8.2 MB
Lifestyle issues

Clip 7 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Members Only 3:49 min 6.1 MB
Closing thoughts

Clip 8 of 8: Motor Neuron Disease/ALS

Members Only 3:45 min 5.7 MB

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