Find 5 ways to prepare for sending your child to school for the first time. With planning, children with epilepsy can have a successful school year.

For National Epilepsy Awareness Month, Cynthia Folio, a professor of music theory, created selections of art and music to go with Dr. Schachter's books.

The 35th anniversary of the American Disabilities Act is worth celebrating. We take a look back and look at what we can do now to improve rights.

You are not your diagnosis, though sometimes it might feel like epilepsy is the center of attention. Practicing self-care helps you reset and create a sense of normalcy, even with seizures. Self-care ...

The Epilepsy Foundation's empowER&D program uses strategic partnerships to improve epilepsy care. The platform collects, analyses, & uses data.

When the first few seizure medications don’t stop or control a person’s seizures, the chances are not so good that a different medicine will be completely successful. The term 'drug resistant epilepsy ...

Download Diet, Surgery, and Brain Stimulation Treatment Factsheets The following factsheets discuss different treatment options for epilepsy.

Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) refers to a group of severe epilepsies that are characterized both by seizures, which are often drug-resistant, as well as encephalopathy, which is a ...

General Discussion New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) is defined as refractory status epilepticus without an obvious cause after initial investigations. “Initial” typically refers to 1-2 ...

Epilepsy is not a mental illness. In fact, the vast majority of people living with epilepsy have no cognitive or psychological problem. For the most part, psychological issues in epilepsy are limited ...

Learn what SCN1A is and answers to other FAQs about SCN1A-related epilepsies. Make an impact on seizures and epilepsy with the Epilepsy Foundation.