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Find 5 ways to prepare for sending your child to school for the first time. With planning, children with epilepsy can have a successful school year.
For National Epilepsy Awareness Month, Cynthia Folio, a professor of music theory, created selections of art and music to go with Dr. Schachter's books.
The 35th anniversary of the American Disabilities Act is worth celebrating. We take a look back and look at what we can do now to improve rights.
The Epilepsy Learning Portal (ELP) is your one-stop shop to access the Epilepsy Foundation’s online and on-demand trainings about epilepsy and seizures. This 3.5” x 8.5” flyer promotes the Epilepsy ...
You are not your diagnosis, though sometimes it might feel like epilepsy is the center of attention. Practicing self-care helps you reset and create a sense of normalcy, even with seizures. Self-care ...
The Epilepsy Foundation's empowER&D program uses strategic partnerships to improve epilepsy care. The platform collects, analyses, & uses data.
TBI is a well-recognized cause of seizures and epilepsy. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the result of an external force on the head. TBI can occur as a result of the following: The head suddenly and ...
When the first few seizure medications don’t stop or control a person’s seizures, the chances are not so good that a different medicine will be completely successful. The term 'drug resistant epilepsy ...
Is there a connection? Yes, there is an association between epilepsy and autism. Children with autism are (a little) more likely to have epilepsy. Children with epilepsy are (a little) more likely to ...
Download Diet, Surgery, and Brain Stimulation Treatment Factsheets The following factsheets discuss different treatment options for epilepsy.