Memorials, Recognition - Rex Teixeira and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration -

This commemorative resolution honors Rex Teixeira, a Franklin high school student, and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration for their advocacy work raising public awareness about Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD), a terminal neurodegenerative disease affecting speech, behavior, and motor skills. It recognizes their efforts to increase understanding of FTD - a condition estimated to affect over 60,000 people in the U.S. - and supports the organization’s mission to improve quality of life for those affected and advance research toward a cure. The resolution has no binding policy effects; it is purely symbolic recognition, having been signed by both chambers and the Governor.