By Deron Hamel In June, two Edmonton men living with epilepsy were arrested and charged with assaulting police officers while having seizures in separate incidents, only a few days apart. While the charge against one man has been dropped, the other man, Neil Ryley, is in negotiations with the Crown to have his case thrown…
By Deron Hamel The Ontario government is asking for input from people who have had experience living with uncontrolled focal onset seizures for an upcoming assessment of a new anti-seizure drug. An expert committee, established by the province to review medications, will assess this input along with clinical trial data and an economic evaluation of…
By Deron Hamel Iris Amaya says her decision to send her son Jeremy to Summerfest Camp for the first time six years ago was largely to provide her with a sense of well-being. Jeremy, who is living with epilepsy, was six at the time. Iris says she made the decision to send her son to…
By Deron Hamel Epilepsy Halton Peel Hamilton communications manager Trevor Gordon was scanning online news stories in May when he came across a Global News article about a Mississauga family who was trying to find supports for the 5-year-old boy they had adopted who is living with epilepsy. In May, Rosy Garcia and Andres Sosa…
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