INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) has become intensely personal and urgent for hundreds of Indiana families following the elimination of $2 million in state funding dedicated to ALS care.

In response, one Hoosier couple, who are facing the disease firsthand, started a grassroots non-profit, Stronger Together Against ALS (STAALS), to help the community and to secure additional funding.

STAALS was founded by Tim and Stephanie Werner, driven by their own seven-year journey with the disease. Tim, who was diagnosed in 2016 at the age of 34 is now defying expectations and using his time to advocate for roughly 700 Hoosiers currently living with ALS.

The Loss of Vital State Support In an interview, Stephanie Werner explained the immediate crisis facing In

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