I spent a good portion of the day yesterday meeting with Denny Parsons, an Akron native who suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease). The photos accompanying this article are from that meeting. 
In the coming weeks and months, this blog will be the home of a documentary project about his battle with ALS.
Yesterday, Denny, Sue, and I met to discuss how we were going to proceed, and to start getting some of his initial thoughts on what he has faced so far. I will be the photographer on this documentary project and Sue Hatos will be the author.
Denny is facing this battle the way I think most of us would hope to if we were in the same situation: with a smile on his face, and not giving up on the life he has. Even with this predicament, he continues to care more about helping those around him than worrying about himself. He stays strong and boisterous for those around him, even when he has every excuse imaginable to become self absorbed.
So I invite you to continue to follow this story as it develops. I will continue to take photos through till the end. Sue will be writing the accompanying book, and we expect articles on this blog from close friends and family of Denny’s.
Please feel free to comment on the articles here. This project isn’t just about Denny – 
it’s also about the human face of ALS and educating people about what this disease entails. The more people that spread this blog around, the more people will learn about ALS, and the more attention we can bring to it to encourage research for treatment.
Posted by Kier Selinsky 
Posted by Kier Selinsky 
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