70 years of Epilepsy Action
We look at seven of the biggest milestones for Epilepsy Action to mark the organisation's 70th anniversary
Features
Epilepsy Action marks incredible support shown to people with epilepsy with Helping Hands awards
Celebrating everyday epilepsy heroes.
A work in progress: what research says about employment and epilepsy
People with epilepsy often report that they struggle to find or stay in a job. A new piece of research has looked into why this might be and what tools would help to reassure employers and empower people with epilepsy looking for work
Answering some questions about childhood epilepsy to mark Purple Day 2019
For over 10 years, on 26 of March we have marked Purple Day, the international epilepsy awareness day. This is always a powerful day, full of unity, inspiration and information. It allows people to show their support for everyone living with epilepsy, share their experiences of the condition and raise some money and awareness.
Purple Day - helping children live better with epilepsy
Finding out you have epilepsy is scary at any age. For young children and their families, it can be terrifying.
For Purple Day 2019 Epilepsy Action is aiming to help more children and families come to terms with epilepsy.
Purple Day is an international event held on 26 March every year to raise awareness and funds to help people living with epilepsy.
My Journal: Francesca Fox takes on Tough Mudder despite epilepsy
Francesca’s epilepsy was very hard on her during her school years. Having become good at overcoming challenges, she decided to take on another one – get fit and run Tough Mudder
Epilepsy Action update on cannabis-based medicines in the UK
Epilepsy Action senior policy and campaigns officer Sam Mountney provides an update on the current situation with cannabis-based medicines in the UK
"Medicinal cannabis is never far away from the news at the moment. We said we’d follow this issue closely on behalf of the epilepsy community so here’s our take on what’s happened so far and what is happening next.
Getting shrewd on epilepsy medicine side-effects
Like any other medicines, epilepsy medicines carry their own potential for causing side-effects in people taking them.
Comedian Maisie Adam shares her experiences growing up with epilepsy in her new show Vague
Imagine for a second you had to tell a stranger about your epilepsy. Actually, not one person. Maybe hundreds of strangers. And not one by one. All at once. Hundreds of people are looking at you and you are centre-stage telling them about your epilepsy.
Diagnosis, treatment and seeking independence with a Dravet syndrome diagnosis
Maxine has Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe form of epilepsy. Her mum Patricia tells Epilepsy Today about life with the condition, from diagnosis and treatments, to finding independence