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How was steven hawking paralyzed?

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ALS is a progressive and incurable nerve degenerative disease. He became gradually more paralyzed as time went along. ChaCha!

How did Steven Hawking get paralyzed and how much was his wheel c…?

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Stephen Hawking is severely disabled by motor neuron disease, likely a variant of the disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS). The diagnosis of motor neuron disease came when Hawking was 21, shortly before his first marriage…

Why is Stephen Hawking paralyzed?

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He is not paralyzed, he suffers from ALS (or, in American colloquialisms: Lou Gerig’s Disease). The computer system attached to his wheelchair is operated by Hawking via an infra-red ‘blink switch’ clipped onto his glasses. By scrunching hi…