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California’s First Frontotemporal Degeneration Awareness Resolution Passed at State Capitol by Assembly and Senate
Emma Heming Willis Joins The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration at California’s Capitol to Mark Watershed Moment in…
New York State Senator Michelle Hinchey Introduces First-in-the-Nation Legislation to Create FTD Research Registry
ALBANY, N.Y. — Today, New York State Senator Michelle Hinchey unveiled legislation (S7874/A9938) to establish the country’s…
New York Sen. Michelle Hinchey, Emma Heming Willis Join Families of People With Frontotemporal Degeneration To Call For Increased Awareness And Research Into Underdiagnosed Disease
The conference also featured an art exhibit with works by people with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD); the disease…
AFTD Receives $600,000 Gift for Vital Research and Family Support
Today, AFTD announced that it has received a $600,000 gift from the Open Hand Foundation, which is…
Nation’s Leading Frontotemporal Dementia Organization Adds Four Board Members to Help Further Its Mission
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) has welcomed four additions to its Board of Directors, further bolstering…
AFTD and ALS Association Launch Funding Opportunity for Digital Tool Development in ALS and Frontotemporal Dementia
AFTD and The ALS Association are launching a funding opportunity to support collaborative development of digital assessment…
Advocates Raise $1.8 Million+ in Fight Against Young-Onset Dementia at AFTD’s Hope Rising Benefit
More than 400 supporters joined together at AFTD’s seventh annual Hope Rising Benefit in New York City…
Dementia Love Story to Bring FTD Awareness to Denver’s Clocktower Cabaret
FTD is the most common cause of dementia for people under 60. But it remains far too…
1,200+ People Impacted by Young-Onset Dementia Gather for AFTD’s Annual Education Conference
More than one thousand people impacted by frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia under 60, came…
Donald Newhouse Honored for Work Targeting Primary Progressive Aphasia, All Forms of Most Common Dementia under 60
On Wednesday night, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD)…
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