thanks, G
I'll pass that on.

Asperger's is a type of autism, yes.  I have a nephew who is
super-intelligent and who has Asperger's; he is 12 but has been skipped
to 8th grade and is actually performing on a college level, and yet he
is socially backward beyond the norm and has several OCD-like
characteristics, the latter of which are part of the Asperger's.

My son actually has Autistic Spectrum Disorder as well as epilepsy and
was diagnosed with Asperger's at one time, although I think his current
diagnosis of PDD-NOS (another form of ASD) is more accurate.  We
attribute both the epilepsy and the ASD to his having experienced brain
trauma from being born three months early, but I have never heard of
there being any direct connection except in that sort of situation.  He
also has mild ataxic cerebral palsy a result of the brain injury.

Most people with autism do not seem to have histories of obvious brain
injury like our son, but I would not rule out there being a medical
cause that COULD be connected to seizures, either.  As recently as
1981, I can remember being taught in college that autism was the result
of poor parenting and not a medical condition at all.  They are only
now beginning to understand it, so there is still a lot to learn,
including whether it would link to particular kinds of seizures.

Jacque1in