Finding meaningful employment when you have an unpredictable seizure disorder can be challenging, but it’s an obstacle Pamela-Anne Kinney has overcome by pursuing her dream and harnessing her strengths as a storyteller. Upon completing a freelance writing course in November 2011, Kinney embarked on a career that satisfies her love of writing while allowing her…
Lawton Osler recalls reviewing the barely-legible cover letter followed by an impressive, typed essay. The solid piece of writing earned the author a $1,000 scholarship towards his post-secondary education. When the writer gathered with others who have epilepsy to accept the award, he was bald and had a scar on his head. Recovering from recent…
Representatives from epilepsy support agencies say they’re encouraged by the reception their advocacy work with government officials received this month, and hope their colleagues provincewide will continue talking with politicians about the epilepsy community’s needs after March 31. March is Epilepsy Awareness Month, and leaders from within the epilepsy community have been meeting with politicians…
A study aimed at improving children’s working memory with a computer-based training program is being cited as one of the major highlights of EpLink, an epilepsy research program established by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI). EpLink co-director Dr. McIntyre Burnham says the study, which is led by Dr. Elizabeth Kerr, a clinical neuropsychologist at Toronto’s…
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