Anthony Barraco- Loves his Father very much

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Anthony Barraco

• Known For his noble cause.
• Donates 50,000 to the ALS Association.

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Have you ever heard of any disease known as
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?
It is a rare neurological disease that includes
nerve cells which are actually responsible for
controlling voluntary muscle movement. Chewing,
walking and talking are movements produced by
Voluntary muscles.
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The problem or challenge

• This disease is actually deadly and progressive.
  That means that the symptoms can get worse with
  time. Currently the research towards cure for
  this disease is in process.

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Anthony Barracos father has had ASL since 2017,
so in regards to this, he donated the money. This
disease has given pain and suffering to many
families in America.
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Research

• In past few years, researchers have learned a
  great deal about ALS. Anthony Barraco further
  says, Because of donations and tissue donors,
  people like my father can hopefully benefit from
  these efforts of researchers and cure.

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Interests

• He is even researching a lot about this disease.
  During his childhood, Anthony had interest in
  medicals, but life took him to some other
  profession.

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Hobbies

Anthony Barraco often like to do some
ice-skating. He also like to read fiction novels
and he is even planning to write one. Cooking
with his wife is his favorite hobby and they even
love to go out on dinner.

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There was a survey claiming that over 6,000
people in the U.S. become diagnosed with ALS each
year. That comes out to 15 new cases each day.
Also, it has become estimated there are more than
20,000 Americans have the disease at any given
time.
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Anthony Barraco has even motivated other donors
to donate more and more to the association and
because of this researchers are getting closer to
the cure every day.
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• Achievements
• Anthony Barraco donated 50,000 to ALS
  association because he wants researchers to
  continue their research and find the cure for the
  disease soon.