March is Epilepsy Awareness Month - 2024
A month to create and spread awareness about epilepsy and life with seizures, learn about epilepsy and how to support our community!
MARCH-APRIL 2024 FOCUS ON EPILEPSY NESLETTER
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Visit this page as we update our plans for programs, services and activities to focus on epilepsy during March Epilepsy Awareness Month 2024!
On March 24, 2024 we joined the final home game of the Edmonton Oil Kings, at Rogers Place. The entire event fundraising activities will be focused on epilepsy and the Edmonton Epilepsy Association.
Photos of volunteers in action at Rogers Place March 24, 2024
OUR INTERACTIVE WEBINAR ON MARCH 21, 2024
A webinar to share your stories with epilepsy and life with seizures. Cassidy Megan is our special guest who led the conversations during this session.
DAILY POSTS ABOUT EPILEPSY!
We post 31 facts and answers to common questions about epilepsy for the March Epilepsy Awareness Campaign for 2024.
To find out more about epilepsy visit our Epilepsy Books Page here.
How do people get epilepsy? What causes epilepsy? Do many people have epilepsy?
At what age does epilepsy begin? What is a seizure threshold?
Does epilepsy run in families?
How is epilepsy diagnosed?
What causes seizures?
Can epilepsy be prevented?
Is there a cure for epilepsy?
What is the treatment for epilepsy?
Do you know minimally invasive surgery for epilepsy?
How can you tell if a person is having a seizure?
Why do seizures happen?
What are focal aware seizures?
Generalized seizures.
What happens when seizures occur in the temporal lobe?
How different areas of the brain control different functions.
Focal seizures secondary generalized.
How long do seizures last?
Are seizures painful or dangerous?
A little bit about SUDEP.
What other conditions look like epilepsy seizures but they are not?
Does epilepsy affect a person’s lifestyle?
Do anti-seizure medications affect a person?
Can people with epilepsy play sports?
Can a person with epilepsy work?
Human Rights Legislation for epilepsy.
Can a person with epilepsy drive?
Does epilepsy affect emotional wellbeing?
Does epilepsy affect cognitive development and function?
Can a person with epilepsy have a sexual relationship?
Can a woman with epilepsy have a baby?
Can a person with epilepsy drink alcohol?
TALK ABOUT IT!
Visit and share celebrities short video clips about epilepsy, from the Talk About It Company in the US! We like this site, as celebrities lend their voices to facts and information about epilepsy! Check video clips about epilepsy from your favourite start and share it on Social Media! Help us spread the word about this brain disorder that impacts 1 in 100 people in Canada!
Find out which City of Edmonton Bridges host our special March Epilepsy Awareness Month Banners.
Hints – our banners will be at these locations from March 3 through 30, 2024. Take a picture as you pass by – when it is safe to do so!
- Whitemud Drive & 53 Avenue North side (Southbound Traffic)
- Sherwood Park Fr. & 50 Street West Side (facing Eastbound Traffic)
- Wayne Gretzky Dr & Ada Blvd North Side (facing Southbound Traffic)
- Whitemud Dr. & 119/122 Street, West Side (facing Eastbound Traffic)
