What is epilepsy?
Last checked 26/11/2008
Anyone can have a seizure at any time in their life, but when a person has had more than one seizure, they can be said to have recurrent seizures. This is the current definition of epilepsy.
With the right treatment, many people with epilepsy do not have seizures. Some people will have seizures only when they are asleep. Some people will have seizures very soon after waking up and some people will have seizures at a time when they are not at work.
The information given in this section is mainly about people who may have seizures in the workplace.
You may already know what epilepsy is and the basic facts about the condition. However, if this is new to you, please look at the following web pages for information
about epilepsy and first aid.
Last updated 2 May 2007
Epilepsy advice and information
- What is epilepsy?
- Children
- Depression
- Disability Discrimination Act (UK)
- Driving
- Education
- Employment
- UK employment restrictions
- Work and epilepsy - an employer's guide
- What people say about epilepsy and work
- What is epilepsy?
- Talking about epilepsy
- Attendance
- Disability Discrimination Act
- Health and Safety laws and risk assessments
- Reasonable adjustments
- Insurance
- Pensions
- Disclosing epilepsy
- Photosensitive epilepsy and working with computers
- Access to Work
- Driving and Epilepsy
- Seizure types
- First aid for tonic-clonic seizures
- Calling an Ambulance
- Recovery (in a work situation)
- Summary
- Work and epilepsy – an employee’s guide
- Epilepsy in later life
- Getting a diagnosis
- Health care and welfare benefits
- Inheritance
- Learning disabilities
- Me and my dad
- Memory
- Men and Epilepsy
- Mobile phones and epilepsy
- Osteoporosis, osteomalacia and epilepsy
- Photosensitive epilepsy
- Relationships and epilepsy
- Safety
- Seizures
- Sports and leisure
- Stress and epilepsy
- Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
- Syndromes
- Travel abroad
- Treatment
- Women and epilepsy
- Young people and epilepsy
- Epilepsy Action Information Reviewers (EAIRs)
- Technical editing/writing and copyright
Epilepsy Helpline
- UK freephone 0808 800 5050
- International +44 113 210 8850
- Email: helpline@epilepsy.org.uk
- Txt msg: 07797 805 390 info





