education

TIME TO R.A.I.S.E. THE STAKES! Help us reach a goal of 100 co-sponsors House Resolution 298 (Raising Awareness and Insight on Seizures and Epilepsy) was created to promote greater awareness and understanding about epilepsy among government agencies. The RAISE Resolution asks for no additional...

It starts in the playground. A kid has a seizure and everybody freaks out. Nobody knows what to do. Maybe not even the school nurse. Even though epilepsy first aid is a cinch. It’s frightening to see a child seize and then, based on that fright, they think “I can’t deal with this.” Some...

Ironically, I heard on the news that the Juvenile Diabetes Philadelphia branch was moving to new quarters to house their expanded staff. At the very same time, our branch of The Epilepsy Foundation was in the process of laying off employees because of drastic cuts in state and federal funding...

My name is Phylis Feiner Johnson and after being a professional advertising copywriter for 30 years, I have changed my focus to epilepsy: becoming an epilepsy advocate for education, awareness and funding for epilepsy research. My blog address is epilepsytalk.wordpress.com

What was your worst subject in school? Mine has always been math because my seizures erase what I have learned. So I was wondering if that was the most common subject.