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N.Y. Times Magazine: How FTD Can Impact Familial Relationships
In The New York Times Magazine, ethicist Kwame Anthony Appiah addresses how symptoms of FTD such as…
AFTD Program Director and Couple Living with FTD Present Webinar on FTD Care
AFTD Program Director Sharon Denny joined FTD advocates Brandt and Marie Henderson to present a webinar on…
TED Talk: How FTD Changed Beth Malone’s Idea of Death (and Life)
Nearly a decade after being diagnosed with FTD, Beth Malone’s dad was placed in a dementia care…
AARP Covers the Tragic FTD-Related Death of Deven Black
Deven Black died tragically in 2016, and while FTD was not the main culprit in his death,…
Maurice Hinchey, Former Congressman from New York, Dies of FTD
Maurice D. Hinchey, who represented New York State in Congress for 20 years, died on November 22…
New Short Film Gives Firsthand Perspective of the FTD Journey
VJ & Chuck, a powerful new short film by Joseph Becker and ThinkFilm, Inc., captures FTD’s impact from…
Contribute Your FTD Story to the Upcoming National Dementia Summit
World FTD Awareness Week starts in less than one week — on 9/24! In the lead-up, AFTD…
Chicago Super Run Participants Walk and Run for FTD Awareness
When Chicago’s Frank Callea was diagnosed with the primary progressive aphasia form of FTD at age 54,…
Prominent Utah Economist Donates Brain to FTD Research
Before he died of FTD earlier this year, influential economist Jeff Thredgold of Utah pledged to donate…
New York Publication Tells Rep. Hinchey’s FTD Story
Earlier this summer, the family of Maurice Hinchey announced that the former Congressman from New York has…