Article Photos: Gleason shows high-tech controls at ALS, MS home


From left, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients Jay Rink, left, Kevin Kelty, second left, and Mark Manchester, far right, and Kelty's wife Kim listen as Steve Gleason, a former New Orleans Saints NFL football special teams standout who was diagnosed with ALS, demonstrates the newest technology for Team Gleason House, a residence he is creating for up to 18 people with ALS and multiple sclerosis, during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, in New Orleans. Work is still being done at the residence, which will make up the first floor of a 116-bed skilled nursing facility being developed by the St. Margaret's Daughters order in a mid-city hospital abandoned after the floods of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)