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Spotlight On…Bob and Evelyn Moore
When Evelyn Moore was diagnosed with FTD in 2014 at age 60, her husband, Bob Moore, didn’t…
Mom of Young Woman with FTD Writes About Need for Quality In-Home Care
A New Hampshire newspaper featured an editorial on June 5 emphasizing the importance of quality in-home caregiver…
Spotlight On…Teresa Webb, Persons with FTD Advisory Council
Teresa Webb and her wife Denise With COVID-19 restrictions and limitations still impacting this year’s Pride…
Sparks of Silver, by Sarah Kneeland
Sparks of silver in her hair Cast glints of sunlight everywhere. Her gaze laid bare my soul…
AFTD Board Member Kristin Holloway Discusses FTD Research Fund in “San Francisco Business Times”
AFTD Board of Directors member Kristin Holloway and her husband, Lee Holloway, were featured in a May…
Husband with FTD, Mistaken for Having Midlife Crisis, Profiled in UK Newspaper
A UK-based newspaper highlighted persons impacted by FTD, including one man living with FTD who many believed…
Spotlight on… Amy Shives, AFTD’s Persons with FTD Advisory Council
Amy Shives had one mission for this year’s upcoming AFTD Education Conference: To ensure that the voices,…
Spotlight On…Laura and Sarah Silver
The adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” holds more truth than cliché for mother-daughter duo…
Spotlight on… Steve Perlis, AFTD Persons with FTD Advisory Council
In 2018, Steve Perlis talked himself out of being a spokesperson for persons diagnosed with FTD, reluctant to be considered the “poster…
Spotlight on… Anne Fargusson, AFTD Persons with FTD Advisory Council
It’s been nearly two decades since Anne Fargusson started feeling the effects of FTD. Today, she is…