Books about ALS

The following titles are recommended reading for ALS patients, their family members, and caregivers. Books to help travelers with disabilities plan a trip are also included.

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Comprehensive Guide to Management
  Hiroshi Mitsumoto
  New York, NY: Demos Publications, 1994

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (American Academy of Neurology)
  Robert G. Miller, Deborah Gelinas, Patricia O'Connor
  New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing, 2004

• Hope Springs Eternal: Surviving a Chronic Disease
  David R. Atkinson
  Virginia Beach, VA: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment), 1998

• I Choose to Live: A Journey Through Life with ALS
  William Sinton
  Gurney, IL: Burnbury Publishing, 2002

• I Remember Running: The Year I Got Everything I Ever Wanted - and ALS
  Darcy Wakefield
  Washington, DC: Marlowe & Company, 2006

• If They Could Only Hear Me: A collection of personal stories about ALS and the families that have been affected
  Ed Rice (editor)
  Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing, 2005

• On Any Given Day
  Joe Martin, Ross Yockey
  Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair Publishing, 2000

• Tales from the Bed: A Memoir
  Jenifer Estess, Valerie Estess
  New York, NY: Washington Square Press, 2005

• Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
  Mitch Albom
  New York, NY: Doubleday, 1997

• Great American Vacations for Travelers with Disabilities
  New York, NY: Fodor’s Travels Publications, 1996

• How to Travel: A Guidebook for Persons with a Disability
  Fred Rosen
  Chesterfield, MO: Science and Humanities Press, 1997

• Wheelchair Around the World
  Patrick D. Simpson
  Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, 1997