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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 680
By McCalmon
HJR0680
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A RESOLUTION to honor and recognize Rex Teixeira and the
Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration on
their efforts to raise awareness of
Frontotemporal Degeneration.
WHEREAS, it is most appropriate that we honor those individuals and organizations that
are working tirelessly to enlighten the residents of the State of Tennessee about Frontotemporal
Degeneration; and
WHEREAS, Frontotemporal Degeneration (FTD) is a terminal and incurable
neurodegenerative disease affecting the frontal and temporal lobes, causing impairments to
speech, personality, behavior, and motor skills, which constitutes a major public health concern;
and
WHEREAS, FTD may strike people between the ages of twenty-one and eighty, with the
largest percentage of those affected being between forty-five and sixty-four years of age,
rendering people in the prime of life unable to work or function normally; and
WHEREAS, while there has never been a global epidemiology study of FTD, it is
estimated that more than 60,000 people are affected in the United States today; and
WHEREAS, Rex Teixeira of Franklin, a high school student whose father is living with
Frontotemporal Degeneration, is one noble Tennessean who is working as an advocate in
support of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration's efforts to bring awareness about
FTD to the public at large; and
WHEREAS, the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration is the leading national
organization exclusively focused on the spectrum of FTD disorders with a mission to improve
the quality of life for people affected by FTD and drive research to a cure; and
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WHEREAS, Rex Teixeira and the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration are
anticipating that greater of awareness of FTD will help make a difference, resulting in more
research, funding, and support for patients and families with hope that a cure can be found; and
WHEREAS, it is important that we help bring greater awareness of this serious disease
to the residents of Tennessee; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE
CONCURRING, that we honor and commend Rex Teixeira and the Association for
Frontotemporal Degeneration on their efforts to raise awareness of Frontotemporal
Degeneration in the State of Tennessee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared
for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to
the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear
without House or Senate designation.