By Deron Hamel Epilepsy Ontario is embarking on an outreach strategy with first responders to build relationships between epilepsy support agencies and police, firefighters and paramedic teams to create training opportunities and encourage appropriate responses to people who may have had a seizure. The first step in this process is gathering people’s stories – both…
By Deron Hamel Purple Day is just around the corner, and one nine-year-old girl and her mother in a small northern Ontario community are gearing up for their annual drive to raise epilepsy awareness. For the past few years, Grade 4 student Miah Wheadon and her mother, Gina, have approached local businesses in Manitouwadge, Ont.…
By Deron Hamel TORONTO – Epilepsy Action Day has come a long way since 2009, when representatives from Ontario’s epilepsy support agencies began joining advocates from other epilepsy organizations at Queen’s Park to set up information booths, says Paul Raymond. Raymond, Epilepsy Ontario’s executive director, notes that during the past five years Epilepsy Action Day…
By Deron Hamel TORONTO – Lynn Zeppieri says the greatest success she experienced at this year’s Epilepsy Action Day was helping MPPs and policy makers see the extent to which epilepsy affects Ontarians and helping them understand the need for interventions to minimize the impact of seizure disorders. Zeppieri, the president of Epilepsy Peterborough and…
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