In our new story, Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man Alive, we learn all about this baseball legend.  He suffered from a disease called ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).  Your task is to learn a little more about the disease, later named the Lou Gehrig disease, to help you understand what it was like for him.  Using the website below to gain more information, please answer the following questions- Then Print!

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/als.html

1.  So what does ALS mean- according to the Greek word it means:

2.  What does the Lou Gehrig 's disease damage?  Over time what happens to the body's muscles?

3.  What are early signs of the disease? (page 2 in the article)

4.  Who is the individual that has been living with the disease the longest?  How long?