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Understanding is growing that not all dementia is Alzheimer’s. However, too few realize today that dementia can impact younger adults.

FTD, also known as frontotemporal dementia, frontotemporal degeneration or Pick’s disease, is the most common dementia diagnosed before age 60.

FTD brings progressive changes to personality, language, decisonmaking, behavior, and movement. FTD is actually a group of diseases affecting the same brain regions. These include behavioral variant FTD, primary progressive aphasia (PPA), corticobasal degeneration, progressive supranuclear palsy, and FTD/ALS.

Today, there are no treatments. There is no cure. But support is available – it’s important to know that you don’t have to face an FTD journey on your own. AFTD envisions a world with compassionate care, effective support, and a future free of FTD. We are the nation’s leader in addressing FTD, and we’re here to help.

Resources

Have questions about FTD? Think you or a loved one may be affected? Contact AFTD’s HelpLine at 1-866-507-7222 or email info@theaftd.org.

Share Hope: Share your FTD Story for World FTD Awareness Week

Watch CBS’s 60 Minutes: “The Cruelest Disease You’ve Never Heard Of: Frontotemporal Dementia”

What is Frontotemporal Dementia? US News and World Report, April 2019

BvFTD: Know the Signs… Know the Symptoms:

What is Primary Progressive Aphasia?

FTD: The Most Common Dementia Under 60: Discovery PSA

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