From Lou Gehrig in 1939 to Eric Dane in 2025, celebrities have publicly dealt with what is now known as ALS for decades.

Stephen Hawking used his fame to raise awareness of what people need to thrive when they're living with a disability. Credit: AFP/Getty Images When Stephen Hawking spoke, the world listened.

Stephen Hawking was the most recognisable ... By now, he could no longer use his hand to operate his wheelchair, and could only communicate by moving his cheek muscles to control his speech ...

American physicist Stephen Hawking first started exhibiting symptoms ... to slow the disease and manage symptoms, there remains no cure. Dane announced his diagnosis in April 2025, saying in ...

Stephen Hawking is ... technology is mentioned. Hawking was diagnosed with a motor neuron disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age twenty-one, ultimately causing paralysis and ...

Famed physicist Stephen ... to come. Hawking began his research career in the 1960s, well before his diagnosis with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) led him to use a wheelchair and communicate ...