1. This presentation was part of the 2010 faces (Finding A Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures) sponsored Event Lecture Series. For more information about faces please visit us at www.nyufaces.org
2. Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Epilepsy: What is the link? Judith Bluvstein, MD Assistant Professor of Neurology
Abstract thinking “u can take the horse to the water but u can not make it drink” Restricted interests: car brands, numbers, dates, dinosaurs, trading cards, etc
Language not neccesarily delayed, can be peculiar in content or quality, for example prosody.
Mode B much less common 1/4 Think about epileptic encephalopathies, degenerative disorders, etc
Fetal testosterone dysregulation May play a role in autism. Autism research centre Cambridge UK. Refrig mothers: cold distant rejecting
Absence of proof is not proof of absence…
Writer Learned icelandic in a couple of weeks Had seizures as a child…