Epilepsy – the dos and don’ts. A Rough Guide for non-Epileptics on how to handle Epilepsy! As the father of a son with autism I take a particular interested in the whole area of epilepsy. As many of you know people on the autism spectrum are more likely to develop epilepsy. Indeed one of the…Read more Epilepsy – the dos and don’ts. A Rough Guide for non-Epileptics on how to handle Epilepsy
Although epilepsy is the most common neurological condition in the UK, over a quarter of epilepsy patients say they experience stigma as a result of the condition. Experts warn that the resulting psychological impact can be just as damaging as the seizures themselves. We are delighted to present a detailed introduction to the subject of…Read more Q&A on Epilepsy with Professor Martin Brodie
March 26th is Purple Day for Epilepsy. You can read up a bit more about the story at last years blog post here. As with last year we would ask you to share this image that goes with this blog to help us raise awareness of epilepsy! But we thought we would take the opportunity…Read more Purple Day for Epilepsy 2015 – Drop round to our blog and find out about first aid for epilepsy seizures
November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month so we thought we would start our coverage by looking at the whole area of epilepsy and autism. As many of you will know there seems to be a strong correlation between autism and epilepsy. In July we can a short survey asking “Do you or a loved one…Read more Epilepsy and Autism – Do you (or a loved one) have both Epilepsy and Autism? View the results of our poll and share your story!
The relationship between autism and epilepsy has been noted for some time. Indeed it remain one of our great concerns in regard to our son John. That being said we are very interested in quantifying the relationship with a short poll for our readers The question is very simple. Do you or a loved one…Read more Epilepsy and Autism. Do you or a loved one have both Epilepsy and Autism?