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Accessibility Matters: Travelling in Canada When Disability Isn’t Always Visible
Travel is supposed to be about experiencing new places, making memories, attending concerts, visiting family, exploring cities and enjoying everything Canada has to offer. But for people living with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), travel can come with barriers that many people simply cannot see. FTD is a group of progressive neurological conditions that can affect behaviour, personality, executive functioning, language, communication and movement. Someone living with FTD m
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Frontotemporal Dementia: The Invisible Disease That Too Often Costs People Their Careers
Imagine walking into work one day and noticing that your colleague has changed. They seem more impulsive, forgetful, emotionally distant, or they begin saying things that feel inappropriate or out of character. Their work performance declines, relationships become strained, and whispers begin circulating through the office. Most people assume stress. Burnout. Depression. Laziness. A bad attitude. What few people consider is that these could be the first signs of Frontotempora
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Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia: When Brain Disease Is Mistaken for Bad Behaviour
Understanding Behavioural Changes, Public Safety, and the Need for Better Canadian Supports Most Canadians are familiar with Alzheimer's disease and the memory loss that often accompanies it. Far fewer understand behavioural variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD), a devastating neurological disease that can fundamentally alter a person's personality, judgment, impulse control, and social behaviour. For families, the experience can be shocking. A once-kind spouse may become v
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