Driving
In the UK, you need to be 17 or over and seizure-free for at least a year, before you can apply for a driving licence and start learning to drive. If you’ve had sleep seizures only for three years or more, and are 17 or over, you can also apply for a licence.
Young people and epilepsy
- What is epilepsy?
- How do you know if you've got epilepsy? Have I got epilepsy?
- Treatment
- Coming to terms with epilepsy
- My friend has epilepsy
- Going out
- Alcohol
- Street drugs
- Hormones, sex and contraception
- School, college and university
- Careers
- Driving
- Dear Debbie and Dear Danny
- Real Lives
- getAHEAD - Teenage girls with epilepsy
- In Focus
Epilepsy Helpline
- UK freephone 0808 800 5050
- International +44 113 210 8850
- Online Tuesdays 1900-2100
- Email: helpline@epilepsy.org.uk
- Txt msg: 07797 805 390 info
Epilepsy Action blog
Epilepsy Action is looking for people to take part in the Great North Run this October.
Monica Cooper, Epilepsy Action's epilepsy services manager, took part in BBC Radio 4's 'Law in Action' programme this week.
Welcome to the first posting in the new Epilepsy Action blog.





