Neurodiversity Insight
Neurodegenerative Conditions
Early, accurate diagnosis helps families plan for safety, care partners, and clinical trials.
Recognizing early warning signs
Memory lapses are only one piece of the puzzle. Personality change, visual-spatial misperceptions, slowed thinking, or language slips can precede classic memory loss. Because each disorder targets different neural networks, the pattern of change is clinically meaningful.
- Alzheimer’s disease usually starts with episodic memory deficits.
- Lewy body disease can cause fluctuating attention, vivid dreams, and visual hallucinations.
- Frontotemporal degeneration often disrupts behavior, empathy, or word-finding first.
How an evaluation guides care
A neuropsychological battery compares your profile with age- and education-matched peers, highlighting cognitive systems that remain strong versus those that are vulnerable. Findings inform:
- Diagnostic clarification in partnership with neurologists and imaging.
- Medication decisions, including when to initiate or defer treatments.
- Safety recommendations—driving, finances, medication management, and household routines.
Planning for resilience
Families gain practical next steps: communication strategies, caregiver resources, and community supports. We also discuss legal/financial planning while emphasizing brain-health habits (sleep, physical activity, cardiovascular risk reduction) that can preserve function and quality of life.