Never Say Invisible by Jeremy Schreiber5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He and Ronnye, CEO of an event production company, quickly recognized the increased role they would soon play in Jeremy’s imminent battle with the disease. ![]() A longtime chemist, Fred stepped away from his own job in favor of retirement when Jeremy was diagnosed. However, his ALS diagnosis in January 2018 halted his career and hobbies, immeasurably and permanently altering Schreiber’s life and that of his parents, Ronnye and Fred Schreiber. He was an avid traveler, got big air on his snowboard and chased adrenaline to the highest of heights (literally) as a frequent rock climber. Less than three years ago, Schreiber was an accomplished sales professional with a resume that included stints at several Fortune 500 companies. All these things hold promise for a cure, but this isn’t enough.” “Smart home technology that makes adjustments to our life-saving equipment the moment our vitals change, self-driving cars that accommodate our self-driving wheelchairs, drug repurposing, disease on a chip, and stem cells. “We need technology in our homes and in our medicine,” Schreiber said. While self-driving cars would be nice, PALS like 40-year-old Jeremy Schreiber understand that advancement in mobility technology is just one bullet point on a long list of needs. For people with ALS, also known as PALS, a future with self-driving cars is a world with one less limitation than there is today. For tech junkies and suburban commuters, a future with self-driving cars is a fun but fleeting thought on long trips and at stoplights. ![]()
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