About three million American adults have epilepsy. Every state has different requirements when it comes to driving with the condition, the most common is that patients be seizure-free for a specific period of time and submit a doctor’s evaluation. Now, researchers at Yale University are using the power of artificial intelligence to help more accurately […]
May 18, 2023 | Driving & Epilepsy, Education, employment, Epilepsy, Epilepsy in seniors, Epilepsy in women, Epilepsy Syndromes, Human Interest Epilepsy, Prevention, Seizures, Technology
TikTok personality Laura Lee Watts has announced that her daughter Savannah Watts has passed away aged 15 after battling epilepsy for years. The TikTok star and mother of three confirmed the heartbreaking news with her followers in a video posted on Monday, February 13. The 33-year-old gained popularity on social media for sharing candid stories surrounding the upbringing of […]
February 16, 2023 | employment, Seizures, SUDEP
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January 24, 2023 | Causes, Education, EEG, employment, Epilepsy, Epilepsy in women, Family and Friends, Featured Slider, First Aid for Seizures, Human Interest Epilepsy, Medicine, News, Prevention, Research, Seizures, Technology
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Despite attempts by world health organizations to eradicate many of the fears surrounding epilepsy, employees living with epilepsy may experience illegal employment discrimination in both the public and private sectors. Centuries old superstitions, fears and fallacies about being in the presence of persons who have seizure disorders have their historical roots associating seizure disorders with […]
January 18, 2022 | employment
On February 24, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina issued an opinion in Brown v. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. regarding disability discrimination, reasonable accommodations, and retaliation involving an employee who was unable to return to work following expiration of Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave. The case offers employers some guidance regarding the undue […]
March 20, 2020 | employment