“Members of our community have expressed concerns about flashing lights in the new Disney Pixar movie ‘Incredibles 2,’ and, in certain instances, people having experienced a seizure during the movie,” said a statement posted online Saturday by the Epilepsy Foundation. In 1997, flashing lights in the popular television cartoon “Pokemon” were tied to more than 600 cases of convulsions, vomiting, irritated eyes and other symptoms among children in Japan. This isn’t the first time children’s media have contained some potentially seizure-triggering visual effects. “People who think they may be at risk should consult their clinician,” he added. Shlomo Shinnar, president of the American Epilepsy Society and director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Management Center at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, said in a written statement emailed to CNN on Monday. People with photosensitive epilepsy can reduce their risk by watching with the lights on or being further away from the screen, Dr. “I’m extremely happy about this because I published that thread thinking if I could even help one person avoid a migraine or a seizure, I consider this a success,” she said. She thought the movie was “incredible,” and said people can now make an informed decision to watch the movie in theaters or wait for the DVD to watch at home.
Lewis said that she is grateful warning signs have been posted for the movie. I was very surprised,” said Lewis, who has photosensitive migraines as a result of a brain condition called Chiari malformation. She wrote a blog post about it and then, on Friday night, she wrote about it on Twitter. Veronica Lewis, a student at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, said that she suffered a migraine after seeing a screening of the “Incredibles 2” film on Wednesday night. “Some individuals without photosensitive epilepsy can also have sensitivities to similar stimuli, and this could cause migraines or other conditions,” Supe said. The warnings pertain to the 3% of people with epilepsy for whom visual stimulation at certain intensities – such as flashing lights or moving patterns – can trigger seizures.Ībout 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, making it one of the most common neurological diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Marshall Christensen holds his daughter Jessica, who has a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome.
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