The average salary of substitute teachers in Illinois is approximately $31,000 a year (according to bls.gov) which is about 6% higher than the national average. However it is important to understand that this number can vary greatly as substitute teachers income depends on experience and qualifications and district.
Interest: Not certain of benign twitching due to anxiety. There a few diseases that mimic ALS pretty good: 1) Multifocal motoric neuropathy (MMN) - weakness, fasciculations (not too much) but NO atrophy and very slow progression. 2)Postpoliomyelitic syndrome - Late consequences of poliomyelitis. Weakness, fasciculations, tireness. 3) Myasthenia gravis -no need to comment.
ALS is a motor neuron disease, also spelled motor neurone disease, which is a group of neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscles of the body, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, progressive bulbar palsy, pseudobulbar palsy, and spinal muscular atrophy.