“Do you know why you shouldn’t talk to strangers?” asks a police officer standing at the front of a classroom to a room full of students. Emily’s hand shoots up and the teacher encourages her to ...
A viral TikTok video of Yareli Jessica Gijon experiencing seizure symptoms in class sparked conversations about epilepsy awareness Yareli Jessica Gijon shares how living with epilepsy has shaped her ...
This is the question families ask after years of seizures, hospital visits, missed school days, and job instability. Parents ask this for children who cannot attend classes regularly. Spouses ask this ...
As Emily describes, the seizures themselves cause considerable social distress. What’s more, absence epilepsy is linked to other cognitive conditions, 35% of patients do not respond to medical therapy ...