Daybreak host Sean Henry speaks with Mélanie Couture, co-director of the Transforming Autism Care Consortium and occupational therapist with the University of Sherbrooke’s school of rehabilitation.
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Add the ALS Society of Quebec to the list of non-profit organizations thinking outside of the box during these COVID-19 times. ALS is a neurodegenerative incurable fatal illness that destroys motor neurons. People with ALS gradually lose their mobility, but also their ability to talk, eat and eventually, breathe. Senses are not affected and 80 percent die within two to five years after the diagnosis. There are currently more than 500 Quebecers living with ALS.
It is known as Lou Gehrigâs disease after the baseball great who succumbed to ALS on June 2, 1941. For the past two years Major League Baseball has recognized this as âLou Gehrig Day.â Locally, former Expos, sports, media (including me) and entertainment personalities have united to Strike out ALS. Everyone is invited to take part in this initiative by sharing their stories, pictures and a message of hope through an impressive mosaic. They can also honor someone who is living with ALS, or a lost a loved one and
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Diego Noya’s tasks as a physio helper at Physio Verdun include laundering towels and pillowcases and disinfecting the rooms used by the physiotherapists. The tasks keep him busy and he enjoys doing them.
He also enjoys seeing his colleagues and friends at work: It feels really good that they treat one another with respect, he said, and that his colleagues are always available to teach him new things.
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