1- Feature Article: Novel treatments for Epilepsy: Progress in the treatment of epilepsy over the last years
2- Safety in Epilepsy: Seizure Prepared U: A Seal of Seizure Safety for colleges and universities in the USA
3- We are excited to feature our Epilepsy Star, Mighty Mike Simmel who has just published his new book: Never Give Up, a book featuring young characters who are living with epilepsy and autism.
4- Epilepsy Survey results: For this issue, we asked our website (epilepsygroup.com) visitors: Do you feel that how people view epilepsy improved in the last 20 years?
5- Our epilepsy and seizures community of patients, family, friends and doctors have been on the move this spring!
6- Stay tuned because in the upcoming months many very cool epilepsy and seizure events are coming up!

Epilepsy can affect people of all ages and in all types of settings. In all academic settings, students with epilepsy deserve to feel safe and supported while they focus on learning and growing. To ensure this, Epilepsy Alliance America, Epilepsy Services of New Jersey, and Paul’s Purple Warriors have partnered to launch an epilepsy college program, Seizure Prepared U: A Seal of Seizure Safety. This is a unique and much-needed initiative designed to reduce stigma, improve seizure response training, and ensure college campuses are equipped to support all their students who may experience a seizure while enrolled there.

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Epilepsy Star: For our June issue, we are excited to feature our Epilepsy Star, Mike Simmel who has authored two books on epilepsy (“Mighty Mike bounces back: A boy’s life with epilepsy” and “Never Give up”) and founded the Bounce out the stigma program that runs basketball camps, clinics, and summer camps for children with special needs across the nation.

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For this issue, we asked our website (epilepsygroup.com) visitors: Do you feel that how people view epilepsy improved in the last 20 years? Click on this link to see what their responses revealed.

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Our epilepsy and seizure community of patients, family, friends and doctors have been on the move this spring! March was especially busy with Paint the Pony Purple, the National Epilepsy Walk, Purple Day, and our epilepsy virtual book club had the honor of being joined by a very special guest, Marc Palmieri, who authored “She danced with lightning.” Also, Dr. Lorna Myers stayed very busy, offering several webinars on psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) and being interviewed on a couple of podcasts too.

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Launched in 1998, Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group (NEREG) is a multi-site practice in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut that offers unique services and comprehensive care to children and adults with epilepsy. NEREG provides state-of-the-art diagnostic procedures, 24/7 patient service, highly skilled and experienced practitioners, and exceptional specialty programs designed to cover a broad range of health care needs in each epilepsy patient. NEREG consists of twenty board-certified epilepsy specialists with fellowship training in adult and childhood epilepsy, as well as many other highly skilled health care providers including pediatric/adult neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, epilepsy nurse practitioners, a specially trained nutritionist and epilepsy advocates.
Launched in 2003, Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center (MAESC) is a practice located in Bethesda, Maryland that offers neurological services and comprehensive care to children and adults. MAESC consists of six board-certified neurologists who treat epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and other neurological illnesses.