Nova Scotian Girl Epilepsy Purple Day Closer to Becoming Official In Canada
A Nova Scotian girl started a Purple Day campaign to promote epilepsy awareness, and now it’s one step closer to becoming official in the House of Commons. “I started Purple Day because I thought I was the only one with epilepsy and I wanted other people to know that they’re not alone and to see if there’s others out there,” Cassidy Megan told CBC News. She started the idea in 2008 at school —...
Read MoreJ.T. Thomas’ Visit
Here is the video and images from J.T. Thomas’ visit to the EACF. We all had a great time and wish J.T. success in the NFL and all the best for his foundation!
Read MorePurple Day 2012 is Coming!
Purple Day is a grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. On March 26, people from around the globe are asked to wear purple and spread the word about epilepsy. The Anita Kaufmann Foundation has teamed up with epilepsy organizations from around the world to help make Purple Day one of the largest global epilepsy awareness initiatives ever. As a global sponsor...
Read MoreEvan Moss writes book to raise money for seiure dog.
Evan Moss, who has epilepsy, wrote “My Seizure Dog” to help raise money for a dog trained to detect an oncoming seizure and alert his parents. The dog will cost $13,000. Evan Moss’ seizures come quietly in the night. When they strike, the 7-year-old’s parents have to give him medicine tomake them stop — or risk brain damage. But to do that, they have to know they are happening. Lisa...
Read MoreCharity Challenge Awards the EACF $23,000!
Wow! We want to thank Charity Challenge and Wayne Densch – Budweiser for their continuted support. Today we received a wonderful donation of $23,000. Special thanks to Lee Constantine and John Williams for your support of EACF, our programs and people affected by epilepsy. This gift can help us provide any of the following or a combination of: • 75 MRI’s • 230 EEG’s • 300 plus initial neurology...
Read MoreFeatured Blog: Brandy Parker’s Finding a cure….
This is a great article about the quest for the cure, written by Brandy Parker. This article was originally found on My Epilepsy Story, and posted Friday, July 29, 2011. The EpilepsyU staff loved the story and asked Brandy on twitter if we could share her expose´. Finding a cure…. There has been much discussion lately in regards to finding a cure for epilepsy. Some people believe that it...
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