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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: How did Stephen Hawking ended up on a Wheel Chair?
Saw him on a YouTube video and got curious
4 years 39 weeks ago in General - Other cities
After he contracted motor neurone disease he started off with a skateboard but eventually found the wheelchair to be more practical.
Lou Gehrig's disease ... or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neurone disease or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a disease that causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles. Some (
... as Stiggs) also use the term motor neuron disease for a group of conditions of which ALS is the most common.
Duck-Duck-Go search is very resourceful ... with We-Don't-Follow-You-Around (with the adverts) ... bonus.
Does anybody else use search engines ... or is it only me?
Did you know that if you include smiley or two, e-Tities always rewards you with extra pints?
He needed a gimmick to become famous and wanted a motorbike but couldn't afford it so he stole a wheelchair from the local hospital... The rest is history.
12 may is the end of corona
Sandnose:
Thanks for the heads-up. I'm sure the world will be delighted to hear that news. Do you have any more details?
icnif77:
I have ...
"12th May comes on Tuesday." by the Gregorian calendar.
It is still not clear when 'the-end' will occur, in am or pm hours-of-da-day.