Although antibodies against Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GAD) were originally associated with Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), they now denote the “GAD antibody-spectrum disorders (GAD-SD)” that include Cerebellar Ataxia, Autoimmune Epilepsy, Limbic Encephalitis, PERM and eye movement disorder. This evidence concerns the gene GAD1 and aceruloplasminemia.