What Is FTD-ALS? FTD-ALS occurs when symptoms of both frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis develop in the same individual. Each disease affects different parts of the nervous system. FTD primarily damages the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas are responsible for personality, behavior, decision-making, and language. ALS, on the other hand, attacks the motor neurons that control voluntary muscles, leading to progressive muscle weakness. B

Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is a neurological condition that primarily affects a person’s ability to use and understand language. Unlike many other brain disorders that impact memory first, PPA gradually interferes with communication, including speaking, reading, writing, and understanding what others are saying. Because language plays such a central role in daily life, the progression of PPA can make everyday conversations, written communication, and comprehension incr

Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD)  is the most common type of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) , accounting for about half of all FTD cases. It is sometimes also called frontotemporal dementia  or Pick’s disease . What makes bvFTD different from many other dementias is that the earliest changes usually involve personality, behavior, and social awareness , rather than memory. A person may begin acting very differently from how they used to, sometimes in ways that