June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month (ABAM)

Worldwide, more than 55 million people are living with Alzheimer's or another dementia.

With advances in healthcare, people living with intellectual/developmental disabilities are living longer than they ever have before. People in this demographic are living into their 60s and beyond for the first time in history. Due to this, new research is being done to help with the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's/Dementia in adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities. It can be more difficult to assess, and there are different signs at different points in their lives.

For more information about Alzheimer's/Dementia in people with developmental disabilities, please visit: https://www.alz.org/media/cacentral/dementia-care-97-dementia-in-adults-with-intellectual-disabilities.pdf

For more information about Alzheimer's in general, please visit: https://www.alz.org/abam/overview.asp