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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with the majority of responses to this post.  I say it's better to be safe than sorry.  I would absolutely want my teacher to bring this to my attention!!!!!   Obviously, you are not in the position to diagnose a child, and I don't think that is your aim. [b] But, clearly this is a SN child so absence seizures can be an important consideration.[/b]  I would approach it with a statement of observation ("I've seen Timmy staring a lot in my class"), followed  by a request for the parent's own observations ("Have you also seen this at home?"), followed by a non-alarmist, but impactful statement about the relevance of absence seizures in children with SNs ("I'm not a neurologist and I'm not in the position to diagnose, but I work with SNs kids and I have learned that subclinical seizures are common in kids with autism/SNs and they can have significant negative impact on these children, for example speech disorders.  i don't want to alarm you unnecessarily, but I thought you should be aware of what I have observed in case you wish to discuss it with your child's doctor.  I would be happy to document these observations so that you can share them with your child's doctor").   FWIW, my child was Dx with autism and was non-verbal.  A teacher brought his staring spells to my attn and we conducted a 24 hr eeg.  I was shocked to learn that he was having these mild seizures and now that he is on anti-seizure meds my child is talking.[/quote]

Where do you find evidence for this assumption?  Nowhere does the teacher mention that, only that the student is poor.  She posted here thinking this would be the best place to get advice and clearly she was wrong.  You all sound like a bunch of drug pushers.[/quote]

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