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Financial Help for Medical Costs

An Information Sheet

...with disabilities. The BC Epilepsy Society is a registered charity that provides education, advocacy, and support for individuals with epilepsy and their families in British Columbia....

Classifications: Financial Planning, Related Conditions

Online Article

Autism and Epilepsy

...the symptoms and etiology of epilepsy, a brain disorder marked by recurring seizures or convulsions. Approximately 1/3 of individuals with an autism diagnosis also have epilepsy....

Classifications: Health, Related Conditions

Online Article

What's Happening to Me?

Understanding Epilepsy and Seizures

This short online picture book explains epilepsy to children. It provides information that helps kids understand what epilepsy is, why seizures occur, and what to do if they are...

Classifications: Health, Related Conditions

Online Article

The Epilepsy and Autism Connection

...seizure disorders or epilepsy. Autism New Jersey is a nonprofit agency constituting a "network of parents and professionals dedicated to improving lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders." [Website] The organization provides information, support, and...

Classifications: Related Conditions, Health

Online Article

Can one have autism without anyone noticing?

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical

Classifications: Diagnosis & Assessment, Adults With ASD

Online Article

Eye-to-Eye

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical

Classifications: Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Article

Taking Autism Apart

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical

Classifications: Related Conditions, Diagnosis & Assessment

Online Article

The Increase in Autism Prevalence

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical

Classifications: Diagnosis & Assessment

Online Video

A to Zzzzz’s of Neurological Comorbidities in Autism Spectrum Disorders

From Workup to Management

...with autism, focusing on epilepsy and sleep impairment (insomnia), as well as motor impairments. It provides information about diagnosis and definitions, causes, clinical considerations, and treatment. The Center for...

Classifications: Related Conditions, Health

Online Article

What shall we call "it"? Autism? Asperger's? Or what?

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and others. The Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre promotes dissemination of research using scientific and popular science publications, including the blog that featured this interview with Dr....

Classifications: Diagnosis & Assessment, Related Conditions

Online Article

Rates and Risk Factors of Psychiatric Disorders in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

...and the presence of epilepsy increased the likelihood of having a psychiatric diagnosis. The Autism Spectrum Disorders Treatment and Care Research group, based out of York University, writes summaries of research studies on autism and developmental disabilities to inform parents, individuals with autism, practitioners, and the general public on recent findings...

Classifications: Mental Health, Related Conditions

Online Article

Urgent Need for an Autism Screening Tool which is not Male-Biased

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and other ESSENCE (Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical

Classifications: Autism Spectrum Disorders

Online Article

The Sun is Shining, Not Burning, in the Sky

Dr. Christopher Gillberg on Vitamin D and Child Development

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and others. The Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre promotes dissemination of research using scientific and popular science...

Classifications: Health, Safety

Online Article

Autism and Health: A Special Report by Autism Speaks

Advances in Understanding and Treating the Health Conditions that Frequently Accompany Autism

...co-occurrence of autism with epilepsy, gastrointestinal disorders, disrupted sleep, feeding issues, mental health, and premature death. Autism Speaks is an international advocacy organization "dedicated to advancing research into causes and better treatments for autism spectrum disorders...

Classifications: Related Conditions, Health

Online Article

Solen skiner, inte bränner, på himlen

Dr. Christopher Gillberg on Vitamin D and Child Development

...disorders, dyslexia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and others. The Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre promotes dissemination of research using scientific and popular science...

Classifications: Health, Safety

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