Heading to university or college is an exciting adventure and freshmen often report feeling anticipation, excitement, happiness and curiosity.  However, this major stage in life is often accompanied by other feelings, such as anxiety or…

Service and therapy animals are gaining prevalence in society, and it is only natural for those living with epilepsy to wonder if they could benefit from a service animal.  Service dogs for epilepsy, or Seizure…

Rich O’Brien is an adaptive golf instructor who works with advanced and disabled golfers, using golf as therapy.  Rich has over 30 years of experience, but he also has his own harrowing narrative about traumatic…

In our previous blog post, our focus was caregivers to those living with epilepsy, and in this article, we continue the discussion by looking at a special caregiver relationship: the parent of a child with…

If you are a caregiver for someone with epilepsy, you know that the role requires many skills and can be both rewarding and never ending.  Caregivers may be partners, parents, children, siblings, relatives or friends…

Onset of epilepsy is common in older adults.  In fact, in seniors over 65, epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder after migraine, dementia and stroke.  It is more likely to develop in later…