Welcome

The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration is the place to turn for accurate information, compassion and hope when lives are touched by frontotemporal degeneration. FTD, also called frontotemporal dementia or frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), is a disease process that causes a group of brain disorders characterized by changes in behavior and personality, language and/or motor skills, and a deterioration in a person’s ability to function.

If you are new to AFTD, it is helpful to begin with the overview and pages for those facing a new diagnosis.

Features

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 Your Gift This Spring Can Go Three Times As Far: The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation has teamed up with AFTD again to match your springtime donation 2:1!  To find out how you can take FTD research to the next level, click here.  Be sure to designate your gift for “drug discovery.”
Letters to the Editor of the New York Times: In response to the May 6 article on FTD “When Illness Makes a Spouse a Stranger,” the New York Times printed four letters to the editor on May 13.  To view those letters, click here.  To read the May 6 front-page story, click here.
  The 8th International Conference on FTD: The International Conference on FTD will be held September 5-7, 2012 in Manchester, England.  Organizers are asking for professional abstracts to be submitted by June 1, 2012.  Early bird registration ends July 23, 2012. Visit www.ftd2012.org for more information.