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How a TikToker with ALS uses her platform to find humor and community

A young woman diagnosed with ALS is using TikTok to tell her story. Hundreds of thousands of users are laughing at Brooke Eby’s comedy and rooting for her as she battles a terminal illness.

Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson from WBUR’s Endless Thread report.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Amory Sivertson
Ben Brock Johnson