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Fziba

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Q: How did Stephen Hawking ended up on a Wheel Chair?

Saw him on a YouTube video and got curious

4 years 6 weeks ago in General - Other cities

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Stiggs

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After he contracted motor neurone disease he started off with a skateboard but eventually found the wheelchair to be more practical.

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icnif77

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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.

http://www.hawking.org.uk

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?

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Scandinavian

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see "The Theodry of Everything" it's a great movie about Hawking

icnif77:

I like it, too! Released in 2014 ...

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Sandnose

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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.

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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?

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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.

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