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Topic: Advocate for Epilepsy

Stick it; or not?

02/2011 | 8 Comments

We have a situation about a video on the ABC News website. Sometime, back in the month of November 2010, there was a picture on the MSN.com homepage...
Epilepsy Walk

01/2011 | 0 Comments

For anyone in the San Diego area, Sharon's Ride Run Walk for Epilepsy is April 17th !!!! Please visit http://sharonsride2011.kintera.org/ for more...
Reasonable Accommodation for Epilepsy

12/2010 | 4 Comments

Hi. It's been a while since I've posted here but I have a question regarding reasonable accommodation for people with epilepsy. There are two people...
The New York Marathon

10/2010 | 0 Comments

So, my best friend is running the New York Marathon for me next month. It's a bit wacky. She's running because she knows how hard my battle has been...
What to do?

09/2010 | 5 Comments

Hi, I am a person who does not have seizures but I wanted to learn more about them. I thought I would learn more from people who actually deal with...
Epilepsy Abuse and Civil Rights

07/2010 | 1 Comments

The following letter was written to local Legislators, Health & Human Service Agencies, The Office for Civil Rights and selected members of the...
We are the heroes/heroins!

05/2010 | 3 Comments

Well, a strange thought entered my mind today that I wanted to share it with all other readers. Despite all of daily struggles with Epilepsy, AEDs...
Seizure Alert Dogs

05/2010 | 2 Comments

I came on here not realizing that others are truly fighting for have their independence (like me) and I wanted to share this with those who have...
Grants for epilepsy awareness

03/2010 | 0 Comments

I'm a playwright and have written a full length, two-act play about (and in cooperation with) an epileptic woman, who at the age of 47 lost her memory...
Ticked Off, once again.

03/2010 | 1 Comments

My being "ticked off" was just increased while watching a public awareness commercial on TV about 'Adult ADHD '. The website for it is http://www...
Videos on YouTube

01/2010 | 1 Comments

For all of the years I have been seeing videos on YouTube I didn't know about the "Flag" option. Once I found out about this in December last year...

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