Dan is a Charleston resident, life-long sailor and skier, and ALS Survivor. He is a husband and father to three boys in their twenties.

Dan was diagnosed with motor neuron disease (MND) in March of 2018 and ALS in June of 2018. “I stepped away from my work as an executive in the aerospace and defense industry the day after my diagnosis to focus my time with family and friends. We traveled extensively in 2018,” said Dan. By the end of 2018, he was beginning to use his power chair and by March of 2019, he became fully dependent on his power chair.

Dan and his family have followed Steve Gleason’s story very closely. After watching Steve receive the Congressional Gold Medal he and his wife commented that it looked like he was driving his chair with his eyes. “I discovered the Numotion Independence Drive link almost at the exact moment that my ATP, Andrew arrived to do other maintenance on my chair. We asked him how we could get the eye-gaze technology and he helped us schedule a demo of the device,” said Dan.

When his in-home trial occurred he immediately began driving around his house with virtually no training. Now that he has driven using his Independence Drive more, Dan has found that he can maneuver nearly as precisely as he could with his joystick.