Saturday, January 5, 2013

Hilary Swank to play ALS patient in "Your Not You"

ALS patients would be first to laugh out loud "at themselves" if they could but most cannot even do this joyful act, the first joy my husband had taken away from him was his ability to laugh as his paralyzed throat took that ability and so much more away from him. Just ask anyone who has ALS or the immediate families who care for their loved one or the families who
have lost a complete generation of family members from ALS what they thought of the careless one liner in the TED movie!!

After the disgraceful if not thoughtless line from the TED movie released 2012, “From one man to another, I hope you get Lou Gehrig’s disease", the one liner caused outrage throughout the ALS communities worldwide & set back the seriousness of ALS as a terminal disease that has no cure and little by way of medications. The general public need to be educated  not laughing about it,  Quote from the World Health Organization:"The World Health Organization predicts that neurodegenerative diseases like ALS will surpass cancer as the second leading cause of death in Canada by 2040", for larger population's such as the USA the statistics will be even higher by 2040, this is certainly no laughing matter.

There will be another chance for the general public to be properly educated via the movie industry with the 2013 Film release of "your Not You". This will be a very challenging lead role & will be played by the brilliant actress Hilary Swank. I am sure Hilary Swank will bring to the big screen the reality of ALS and the deadly affects this "no cure" disease brings to the lives of many. The movie has been adapted from the novel "your Not You" written by Michelle Wildgen, screenplay by Shana Feste & Jordan Roberts, Director George C.Wolfe, I for one will be going to this movie and I will be taking a box of tissue's with me not because I will be "laughing" for I am sure to "cry".

Written By K Purdy

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