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Topic: Advocate for Epilepsy

Summer Stroll for Epilepsy

04/2007 | 1 Comments

The Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania (EFEPA) would like to invite you to participate in its annual Summer Stroll event on Saturday, June...
Movie Reviews -epilepsy related-

04/2007 | 2 Comments

released 4/11 THE AURA there is something criminal about his dreams Espinoza is a taxidermist marked with strange qualities- a photographic memory and...
National Walk for Epilepsy

03/2007 | 3 Comments

Is anyone attending the National Walk for Epilepsy this Saturday on the National Mall in DC?
Work Related

01/2007 | 3 Comments

I have several jobs where they have let me go because of seizures ane they will find another excuse to let me go and I know for a fact that it was...
Starting the new year with knowlege

01/2007 | 0 Comments

I would like to invite everyone to start the new year off with knowledge and power. There is a new non-profit out there whose mission is to speak up...
School Advocacy

12/2006 | 1 Comments

We have used the local epilepsy society to speak to our son's teachers with regard to epilepsy and its manifestations. We've identified a need for...
Take some responsibility.

12/2006 | 14 Comments

This is a repost, however I think it warrants its own thread in response to a number of posts where individuals have decided to do some cop bashing...
In the (Australian) News Today ...

12/2006 | 3 Comments

In the news this morning, it stated a 56 year old woman was buying Xmas decorations at a shopping center, she had a grand mal in the car park, and...
Manipulation to treat

11/2006 | 0 Comments

I have a form of epilepsy called, "status epilepticus".I have learned how serious it really is.So do the doctors in the hospital I go to.After few...
Actor michael j Fox Backs Culver

10/2006 | 2 Comments

Chet Culver got some star power for his run at Terrace Hill Monday. Actor Michael J. Fox campaigned for the democratic candidate for governor and stem...
Volunteering

10/2006 | 3 Comments

First off my name is Joshua Keenan and I'm a freshman at Drexel University. I never understood seizures until I had my first one in front of my entire...
THE WORLD NEEDS TO GET A WAKE-UP CALL

08/2006 | 1 Comments

We need to start demanding it become law to have someone present during legal questioning! I was recently divorced. My ex & I have a 13 year daughter...
Ever Volunteer? Why Not?

07/2006 | 7 Comments

After having had epilepsy for 1/2 of my life, and participating in awareness campaigns of major hospitals, social service organizations, and even...
Public Policy

03/2006 | 3 Comments

Hi everyone, I just returned from the Public Policy Institute and Kid's Speak Up program by the Epilepsy Foundation. I have attended this in past, but...
Advocacy in school for our children

01/2006 | 2 Comments

Each child who receives special education services is entitled to an Individualized Education Program, devised by parents, teachers, educational...

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