Since 2010, AFTD's annual Education Conference has brought together people and families navigating FTD to connect with others who understand the journey, learn about available resources, and engage with researchers and healthcare professionals to gain insight on the latest in FTD research and approaches to care.
With your gift, you enable us to host this vital event each year and offer free registration to all who wish to attend, both in person and online.
At last year's conference, members of the Persons with FTD Advisory Council shared their perspectives on encountering and navigating stigma while living with FTD.
Hear from Past Attendees
“I want to thank AFTD for putting the conference together and making it freely available. I'm very grateful to have been able to attend.”
"While I wouldn't wish FTD on any family, it was good to feel not so alone for a few hours."
"I am so thankful for whoever sponsored the conference so that the entire day was available virtually."
"This conference is a valuable lifeline. As someone with a dormant GRN gene, I felt hope about the clinical trials ongoing through the biopharmaceutical companies."
“I appreciate the effort that went into creating this conference. My family member was recently diagnosed with FTD, so this is new territory for our family.”
"AFTD does a great job speaking to the needs of patients, care partners and family members, researchers, and clinicians. I was excited to attend the conference for the first time - connecting with and learning from so many others in one place gave me extraordinary hope that others will not be affected by this disease in the future."
Brandon Feldt, a Board member for Cure VCP Disease and a care partner to his mother, who is living with FTD caused by the VCP genetic variant
