What has caused ALS?

[Kimberly AJ]

Have you guys been aware about the disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? Some people aren't aware that they have it and I want to think of a way to pay before playing victim to the ice bucket challenge.

[Jim M.]

ALS is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease.  He was a famous baseball player who had ALS.

[Wyle_E]

ALS is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease.  He was a famous baseball player who had ALS.

Or, if you're as nerdish as I am, you know it as Stephen Hawking's Disease.  The cause is still unknown.  Leading hypotheses are genetic defect and a slow virus.

[Kimberly AJ]

I guess we'll have to leave the problem solving to the detectives.

[Kimberly AJ]

Now, there is a side effect about the ice bucket challenge: not all people scream after being dumped by ice and cold water, but most do.

[Emer Dreamer]

Now, there is a side effect about the ice bucket challenge: not all people scream after being dumped by ice and cold water, but most do.

  I  know  I would  scream  ....   

[Lily Anna]

I screamed really loud...and then I had to redo it because the camera didn't record. Double the fun!

[Wyle_E]

ALS is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease.  He was a famous baseball player who had ALS.

Among nerds, it's known as Stephen Hawking's disease.

[Kimberly AJ]

Or motor neurone disease as another term. I hope the video of Orla Fallon of her doing the ice bucket challenge must have the camera's mic turned on before we can hear in the remaking of the video.