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Advancing Hope: AFTD Attends 2025 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Meeting
Staff from AFTD and the FTD Disorders Registry attended the American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting earlier…
AFTD Webinar: How to Find a Genetic Counselor
FTD has a stronger genetic risk than other dementias. While not all FTD is inherited, understanding whether…
PPA Telehealth Intervention Gets Positive Results in Phase 2 Clinical Trial
A phase 2 clinical trial evaluating a telehealth therapy intervention for primary progressive aphasia (PPA) published positive…
AFTD Ambassador Spencer Cline Delivers Moving Keynote Address at Hope Rising
“We are not a product of what has happened to us. We have the power of choice.”…
Advocacy Update: Amplifying AFTD’s Advocacy
AFTD is deeply concerned about staff cuts and funding disruptions at the U.S. Department of Health and…
Study Evaluates the Efficacy of Nasally Administered Hormone for Apathy in FTD
A study published in the journal The Lancet Neurology evaluates the efficacy of the hormone oxytocin as…
ABC News Honors AFTD Ambassador Spencer Cline as “Person of the Week”
Raising FTD awareness was a key goal of Spencer Cline’s as he set out from Oregon on…
Speech Therapy CE Course Features AFTD Ambassador Dawn Ducca
AFTD Ambassador Dawn Ducca is interviewed in a new hourlong continuing education episode for speech language pathology…
Hope Rising Benefit Raises Over $1.9 Million for AFTD’s Mission
Top row, L-R: Hope Rising MC Paula Zahn, Hope Rising Benefit Co-Chairs Joan Berlin and Anna Wintour,…
Dear HelpLine: Advance Care Planning
Dear HelpLine, My spouse was recently diagnosed with FTD and we want to make sure we are…
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