05/18/2026
Join ALS.Community Monday 5/18! For this impactful event!
ALS & Marriage: Navigating ALS as a Couple
Mon, May 18 • 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
RSVP Link: https://app.als.community/events/als-marriage-navigating-als-as-a-couple
An ALS diagnosis reshapes many aspects of life — including marriage. As roles shift and care needs increase, couples often find themselves balancing the identities of spouse, partner, caregiver, and care recipient. These transitions can be tender, complex, and at times overwhelming.
This webinar is designed for couples navigating ALS together and will feature the Broadhackers, a married couple living with ALS and caregiving. Michael is a Veteran living with ALS and his wife, Janet, is his main caregiver. They will share personal insight into how illness has impacted their relationship, identity, and partnership. Through both lived experience and guided discussion, we will explore how to differentiate caregiving tasks from the marital relationship — and why protecting the role of “spouse” matters.
Together, we will reflect on what “in sickness and in health” truly means in the context of progressive illness. Topics will include shifting dynamics, communication during times of stress, maintaining connection and intimacy, honoring autonomy, and tending to the emotional well-being of both partners.
This session offers practical tools, compassionate perspective, and space for honest conversation. Whether you are newly adjusting to a diagnosis or further along in the journey, you will leave with language, insight, and encouragement for sustaining your relationship while navigating change.
Join us to explore how love, commitment, and partnership can evolve — and endure — in the face of ALS.
An ALS diagnosis reshapes many aspects of life — including marriage. As roles shift and care needs increase, couples often find themselves balancing the identities of spouse, partner, caregiver, an...
