2026 Annual Meeting | C59 - Child Neurology: Autism, Behavioral, and Developmental Issues

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2026 Annual Meeting | C59 - Child Neurology: Autism, Behavioral, and Developmental Issues

Date Sunday 04/19/26

Time 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM CDT Add To Calendar

Session Format This program will be presented both in-person and online

On Demand This program will be available in the meeting's On Demand product.

Event Type Seminar

Director(s) Audrey C. Brumback, MD, PhD

Topic(s) Child Neurology and Developmental Neurology

Learning Objectives
Describe the projected increase in pediatric neurology patients transitioning to adult care and the implications for lifespan neurology practice.
Identify clinical and anatomical parallels between behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and autism spectrum disorder, including shared features such as social communication deficits and repetitive behaviors.
Explain how early-life learning differences, including dyslexia, may confer increased risk for neurodegenerative diseases such as logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) and Alzheimer's disease.

CME Available 2.00 CME credits

Core Competencies Medical Knowledge

Program Level Intermediate

Program Tracks Brain Health

Recommended Audience Fellow, Resident, General Neurologist, Specialist Neurologist

Teaching Styles Didactic

Event Timeline
01:00 PM - 01:05 PM CDT	Networking	Networking
01:05 PM - 01:20 PM CDT	Introduction	Introduction Audrey C. Brumback, MD, PhD
01:20 PM - 01:50 PM CDT	Speaker	Shared Localization for Frontotemporal Dementia and Autism Spectrum Disorder Khushboo Verma, MBBS
01:50 PM - 02:00 PM CDT	Q&A	Questions and Answers Khushboo Verma, MBBS
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM CDT	Speaker	Linking Early Life Learning Differences with Dementia Risk Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD
02:30 PM - 02:40 PM CDT	Q&A	Questions and Answers Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD
02:40 PM - 02:55 PM CDT	Discussion	Discussion Audrey C. Brumback, MD, PhD, Khushboo Verma, MBBS, Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD
02:55 PM - 03:00 PM CDT	Networking	Networking

Faculty Disclosures
Khushboo Verma, MBBS	Dr. Verma has nothing to disclose.
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD	Dr. Paredes has nothing to disclose.
Audrey C. Brumback, MD, PhD	Dr. Brumback has nothing to disclose.

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