Epilepsy-Information Is Power

As a teacher, you know that information is power. On this Web site, you’ll find the information needed to educate yourself, your colleagues, and your students about the realities of epilepsy, so that you can help foster better understanding about—and greater compassion for—individuals living with epilepsy.

To start, the term epilepsy stems from the Greek word “to seize.” It’s best described not as a disease, but instead as a group of related disorders characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures. Simply put, epilepsy is the tendency to have seizures, and epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system.

More information about epilepsy—such as what a seizure consists of, possible triggers, and who can have epilepsy are described in detail in this section.

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