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Title/Topic: ALS
Specific Purpose: This speech is meant to inform the audience what ALS is and how to help people who are affected
Thesis Statement: Every 90 minutes, someone is dianosed with ALS and passes away !ecause of ALS"
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#" Attention *etter
+ Than, you Peyton -annin for nominatin me for an ALS #ce .uc,et )hallene"
##" Thesis Statement
+ Accordin to the ALS association every 90 minutes, someone is dianosed with ALS and passes away !ecause of
ALS"
###" &verview of -ain Points /roadmap0
+ # want to tell you what ALS is and what you can do to help"
#1" .ac,round #nformation /demonstrate credi!ility, show relevance of topic, etc"0
+ # have participated in an event and lost a family mem!er due to the disease"
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#" 3hat is ALS4
A" ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and often referred to as Lou *ehri5s disease"
i" A+myo+trophic comes from the *ree, lanuae" 6A6 means no or neative" 6-yo6 refers to
muscle, and 6Trophic6 means nourishment76$o muscle nourishment"6 /$ational #nstitute of
$euroloical 'isorders and Stro,e0
ii" The symptoms include muscle twitchin in arms, shoulders and tonue, hand wea,ness or
clumsiness, and wea,ness in les, an,les or feet" /-ayo )linic0
iii" The purpose of ALS #ce .uc,et )hallene was to minimally and indirectly e8perience the muscle
contraction when we came in contact with icy cold water, which ALS patients e8perience
fre9uently"
." Althouh the causes of ALS are un,nown, many scientists research to find factors such as enetic
predisposition, or mutation in enes, as well as the development of the cure of ALS"
/Transition0 7 .ecause the cause of ALS is un,nown, ALS patients hopelessly suffer the symptoms and re9uire help
from others to sustain their lives"
##" :ow to help4
A" The ALS Association holds multiple ways to et involved and help those who are affected" /The ALS
Association0
i" &ne 'ollar 'ifference proram promotes to create local chapters to raise awareness and funds to
help creatin a world without ALS"
ii" 3al, to 'efeat ALS is a nationwide movement orani;ed !y the association to help raise funds for
the fiht, for care services, and for research"
iii" )ommunity of :ope is a proram acceptin tri!utes and personali;in each tri!ute to memoriali;e
someone special"
." #t is important to act now !ecause, accordin to A Life Story <oundation, there are a!out =>0,000 people
worldwide with the disease" .ut most people with ALS only live ?+> years after their first sin of disease"
3e have no time to waste"
/Transition0 7 3ith many orani;ations to help raise funds and awareness of ALS, the patients eaerly wait for help
and support"
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#" ALS is a disease without a ,nown cause and cure, so it is crucially important to understand the disease and pain they
suffer as we have already done with the ALS ice !uc,et challene"
##" # hope # had informed you !riefly a!out what ALS is and the ways to support"
###" The ALS ice !uc,et challene movement is not meant !e a fad, nor a means of ettin attention, !ut a constant
reminder of how !lessed we are and what we can do to help"
%eferences
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Fact Sheet. (n.d.). National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Retrieved
September 13, 201, !rom http"##$$$.ninds.nih.%ov#disorders#amyotrophiclateralsclerosis#detail&ALS.htm
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (n.d.). Mayo Clinic . Retrieved September 13, 201, !rom http"##$$$.mayoclinic.or%#diseases'
conditions#amyotrophic'lateral'sclerosis#basics#de!inition#con'20023()
Learn. (n.d.). A Life Story Foundation . Retrieved September 1, 201, !rom https"##$$$.ali!estory!o*ndation.or%#
+hat is ALS,. (n.d.). The ALS Association . Retrieved September 1, 201, !rom http"##$$$.alsa.or%#abo*t'als#$hat'is'
als.html