Welcome to National Bullying Prevention Month! Children with epilepsy are more likely to be bullied. See what you can do, and what’s coming up in our area as we support this month!

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Join us and many others at the biannual Inland Empire Disabilities Collaborative Expo.

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Many people with epilepsy deal with depression. This could be because they are having issues dealing with epilepsy and the lifestyle changes associated with it, or as a side effect to the medication they are taking, or both. Read more to see what you can do, and what options are available for you or your loved one.

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Join us and others at this year’s Celebrate Abilities Day at The Cove Waterpark!

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Our Executive Director recently attended the Epilepsy Pipeline Conference in San Francisco. Learn about some of the new things going on!

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The Epilepsy Pipeline Conference is just around the corner. It’s not to late to sign up for the whole event, or the FREE family day. Our Executive Director hopes to see you there.

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EEE is participating with over 250 nonprofits in San Bernardino County in the first ever Give Big San Bernardino County event. Thanks to all with GBSBC for making this possible. We hope you participate in Give Big!

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Facets V2 N3, 3/22/14, http://eepurl.com/QZtsn

Amethyst V2 N2, 4/17/14, http://eepurl.com/SDjNP

Epilepsy diagnosis may be improved by new clinical definition

A new clinical definition for epilepsy has been created by a task force of epilepsy experts, with the aim of “refining the scope” of patients diagnosed with the disease.

In 2005, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) task force authored a report offering a definition of epilepsy as “a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures, and by the neurobiologic, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences of this condition.”

It continued: “The definition of epilepsy requires the occurrence of at least one epileptic seizure.”

An epileptic seizure, meanwhile, was described as “a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.”

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