Team Gleason: Technology can help bridge the gap as cures are sought for ALS

On Friday, the critically acclaimed documentary  Microsoft Customer Service about former NFL player Steve Gleason, will open in select theaters across the U.S. GLEASON tells  Microsoft Support Phone Number the incredibly powerful story of Steve’s life both leading up to and after Support.Microsoft.Com/Help his diagnosis in 2011 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , or Lou Gehrig’s disease. I’ve been fortunate to see the documentary a few times over the last few months and I’ll be honest Microsoft Support Phone Number, you’ll need tissues and strong Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  stomach muscles . It is real, gritty Microsoft Customer Service, warm, humbling and hilarious. The Gleasons have a relentless drive to empower others with ALS to ‘live’ and live a life that is worth living, and I know I’m not the only one who feels unbelievably lucky to partner with  on technology to help support that goal.

Microsoft’s work with Team Gleason Support.Microsoft.Com/Help got ignited two years ago this week at //oneweek, ourwhere thousands of Microsoft employees spend days poring over projects that have a real impact. Steve had issued a challenge to Microsoft to develop Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  technology  Microsoft Support Phone Number to help people with ALS, specifically to help him communicate more easily, play with his son Microsoft Support Phone Number and move his wheelchair Microsoft Customer Service independently. The 2014 //oneweek Ability EyeGaze hackathon team came together to  and ended up winning the whole hackathon that year.

Two years on, Team Gleason and Steve continue to work on these goals with thein Microsoft Technology and Research, producing Microsoft Customer Service technology that enables people to move their wheelchairs and communicate through their keyboards using nothing more than the movement of their eyes. The passion and dedication of everyone that has touched Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  this project has been overwhelming; it’s been a remarkable experience in which to participate. In that time, the project has evolved from an Support.Microsoft.Com/Help early stage hack into technology that helps Steve do exactly what he  Microsoft Support Phone Number asked Microsoft Support Phone Number: be more independent. Steve is regularly using the technology to get around and to communicate with friends and family, just as he had envisioned at the beginning.

The technology may now be real and   Microsoft Support Phone Number have a lot less duct tape involved than when we first started, but the work is far from Microsoft Customer Service done Support.Microsoft.Com/Help. We are still in the research Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  phase and are continuing to improve it – even here at //oneweek this week – with the goal Microsoft Support Phone Number of making it available to everyone who can benefit from it.

We have learned so much along Microsoft Support Phone Number the way from many families impacted by ALS and we are humbled by their generosity Microsoft Customer Service. We know that technology has Http //Support.Microsoft.Com/Help  the power to change lives and we are fired up Support.Microsoft.Com/Help at the chance  Microsoft Support Phone Number to work with so many amazing people to help make that possible.