Celebrating 7 years of DAI's Advocacy, by Amy Shives

Amy Shives is one of the eight founding members of Dementia Alliance International, and one of the first people with a diagnosis of dementia to speak at an Alzheimers Society conference in the USA. In 2021, she joined our 7th anniversary celebration, which we are thrilled to release during Dementia Awareness Month 2021.

Amy has dementia, of the Alzheimer’s type – A-typical, and she says she has never been typical in her whole life, so she is comfortable with this diagnosis! It seems most people with dementia are not typical, as everyone experiences it differently. She also asks not to be labelled as a sufferer.

In this video, she talks about the value of the DAI Peer to Peer suport groups, which she also says have been life saving...

Thank you Amy, for being a founding member of DAI.

Since you’re here… … we’re asking viewers like you to support our members, by donating to our organization. With more than 55 million people living with dementia, and the Coronavirus pandemic causing everyone to operate in a virtual world, our work has never been more important.

Membership of, and services provided by Dementia Alliance International is FREE, and open to anyone with a diagnosis of any type of dementia.

About DAI: Dementia Alliance International (DAI is a non-profit group of people with dementia from around the world seeking to represent, support, and educate others living with the disease that it is possible to live more positively than advised with dementia. It is an organization that promotes a unified voice of strength, advocacy and support in the fight for individual autonomy, improved quality of life, and for the human and legal rights of all with dementia and their families.