Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - How to Get Disability Tax Credit for ALS

How to Obtain Disability Tax Credi t for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosi s

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurological disease that attacks the body’s nerve cells. These nerve cells are responsible for controlling the voluntary muscles in the body, such as the arms, legs, and face. This is a fatal disease, which is part of a group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases. Categorized by the gradual degeneration and death of motor neurons, this disease rapidly progresses.

Symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Degeneration occurs in both the upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in these neurons being unable to send messages to the muscles. This causes the muscles to weaken and waste away, experiencing fine twitches known as fasciculations.

Studies found that patients with ALS suffer from depression or impaired cognitive functions, such as decision-making and memory. This disease can happen randomly, or be inherited. About 90 to 95% of ALS cases occurred randomly with no clear risk factors associated, leaving the remaining 5 to 10% of cases to be inherited by a family gene.

These early symptoms include fasciculations, cramps, tight and stiff muscles, muscle weakness affecting an arm or leg, slurred speech, or difficulty chewing or swallowing. Many individuals with ALS report their first symptoms in their hand or arm while performing tasks that required dexterity, such as buttoning a shirt.

For other patients, they report experiencing speech difficulties, known as bulbar onset ALS.

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