ALS hasn’t won - ALS ONE! | Kevin Gosnell | TEDxBeaconStreet
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2015
- Kevin calls himself lucky: he has a wife and three sons, and he’s an excellent leader widely recognized for his gifts, the founder of a successful asphalt company. However, he also suffers from ALS. In an act of selfless courage, Kevin is using his time - the most precious commodity he has - and his extraordinary leadership to build a community to fight this awful disease. He has brought doctors, donors, and organizers together, and given the world a precious gift: hope, that a cure for ALS is not far away.
Kevin calls himself unbelievably blessed to have his best friend and soul mate as his partner in life; he’s been married to his wife, Kathy, for 20 years. Together they have 3 amazing sons.
Kevin graduated from Framingham State, where he played football; his tenure as captain during his senior year was his first real experience in leadership, which turned out to be a passion of his. In order to pay for college himself, he started T&K Asphalt Services with a childhood friend. T&K has grown to serve greater New England, with 150 employees and over $25 million/year in sales. He has been involved in other businesses and has a deep passion and knowledge in marketing, sales and leadership. He believes in self-education and is a student of any challenge he tackles.
Kevin received a diagnosis of ALS in May 2015. He then immediately learned that there are no real treatment options - and that was unacceptable. Since then he has worked on getting his personal life in order so he can help ALS.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
Kevin, you are a bright light in a dark world, God bless. May a cure for ALS be found in the near future.
wish i had found this video a long time ago. Awesome & powerful story. I am becoming an ALS Knight, in honor of my Dad and my Brother who had ALS. Thank you Kevin for all you have done and for inspiring others to do whatever they can.
Thank you for your contribution. My mom has ALS and we are searching for answers too.
This guy was amazing. Very powerful words and narrative. May he RIP.
T Marie he died
This guy was brilliant! Thank God for him.
RIP Kevin.
Great work Kevin, and great talk!
thank you for your courage,I hope my Mom will have just a little courage that you have bless you
Total respect what a man
Truly commendable. Thanks
thank you, David Levy, for sharing Kevin and his story with me and my family. You've made a great impact on my life and I thank you so much, with all my heart
passionate about helping each other
*that's courage*
This was a brave effort.
Only just watched it, and sorry to hear that Kevin has died. RIP, and condolences for his family and friends.
ALS appears to be amongst a whole host of diseases that might be described as Diseases of Civilisation.
In other words, if I lived in Ethiopia as a Hunter Gatherer 50,000 years ago, it would be extremely unlikely that I would suffer from them.
From this information it therefore becomes clear that we are doing things that are putting us at risk of developing serious and life threatening conditions, such as, heart diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and ALS MND & MS. Metabolic Syndrome, hypertension, Diabetes Type 2, and Obesity.
There is increasing evidence that all of these conditions occur as a result of the nutritional changes that we have made without our full understanding the consequences.
Following on from this, it is also clear that should we chose to do everything 'right' for all of these conditions, nutritionally speaking, as well as a few other lifestyle changes, they all should be reversible/preventable.
These are the challenges of the 21st Century for Medicine and Society.......
Much more important than going to Mars !!.....
I’m 47 too with ALS. It sucks.
RIP Kevin
Did he die?
He passed away on August 8th of this year. May he rest in peace
its insane to think he died 1 year later after this talk
I will not only write to our senators but i will also write to president of the usa i think we all should. Get the ball rolling!
ALS hasn't won yet, but it will. It always does (very grim). Audience wishes you the best. Cheers!
All sounds good. It just may not be cured. So many other diseases take so many more lives. That is why it's low priority.
sir I am form Pakistan and i am suffering mnd ALS last 2 yeir plz help me
It's just the most fractured fundraising group that you're aware of.
Ever tried Alphabet pasta for children? It works! ABS pasta.
Government n ppl have lots of money to invest in weapons research in unless nasa space exploration in wars , in useless luxurious cars, houses etc shame on very rich humans death is better than living this sorry miserable life
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Damn this guy is really full of himself and he wouldn't be able to feel the mosquito so it wouldn't matter if it was biting him.
Ok, doctor Drake Ramoray. Let's hope you don't get ALS.
Perhaps a refresher course might be in order...
What a cold hearted response. Karma has a way of reminding you of your cold response.
Inconsiderate and insensitive comment