A Different Disease
The June 6 TV log noted that “L.A. Law” would air an episode about “a man who cared for his AIDS-stricken lover (and) is denied access by the latter’s family.”
The man was not stricken with AIDS but rather amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease.
This was a repeat of a program from November that the ALS Assn. had helped with medical input. It is difficult getting word to the public on ALS, a fatal neuromuscular disease. Then, when we do have the opportunity with such a highly watched show as “L.A. Law,” it is promoted as AIDS.
Someone’s not doing his or her job, and it hurts a lot of people who will die with ALS without ever knowing there is a place to turn.
RICHARD F. DRASEN
Vice President, Communications
ALS Assn.
Woodland Hills
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