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Support AFTD Through AmazonSmile This Holiday Season
As you do your holiday shopping this Black Friday, Cyber Monday and beyond, please consider using AmazonSmile…
U.K. Guardian Spotlights Brain Donation’s Role in Developing FTD Treatments
An article published in The Guardian on November 13 highlights the work of the Sydney Brain Bank…
Former FTD Caregiver Nancy Carlson Profiled in Minn. Star Tribune
November is National Family Caregivers Month, an opportunity to recognize the spouses, children, family members and friends…
Sandra Day O’Connor Announces Dementia Diagnosis
Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, announced she has been…
Des Moines Register Article Highlights Difficulties in Finding FTD Care
An article published in the October 21 Des Moines Register chronicled the struggles faced by people living…
Carol Hall, Acclaimed Musician and Songwriter, Dies of PPA
Carol Hall, a classically trained pianist and successful Broadway composer, died of logopenic primary progressive aphasia (PPA)…
New FTD PSA Airs on 92.1 KKDV
Last Monday, to mark World FTD Awareness Week 2018, 92.1 KKDV began airing a PSA about FTD — the most…
N.Y. Times Profiles Person with FTD in Article about Living with Dementia
An article published by The New York Times on October 5 highlights the ways in which persons…
AFTD Volunteer Pens Delaware State News Op-Ed
In honor of World FTD Awareness Week, AFTD volunteer Gene Thornton detailed her family’s FTD journey in…
Illustrator Nancy Carlson Speaks About FTD’s Devastating Financial Impact
In 2011 Nancy Carlson’s husband of 30 years, Barry McCool, was diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration after showing…