Blogs

If you travel on the London Underground or across the capital by bus, you may recognise Tom's face. He has been part of Transport for London's Priority Seating Campaign which aims to raise awareness of hidden disabilities on public transport. Tom has been the face of epilepsy. Here he talks about his epilepsy and the difficulties of taking a priority seat when you are a healthy looking young man.

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) announced some new names for seizures in May 2017. Our Education, Information and Support Services Manager explains the new seizure classifications and the reasons behind the changes. In this blog, you’ll find the new general outline of basic seizure classification.

Gina explains how, as well as learning to be a new mum to her baby son, Charlie, she also had to learn to cope with a diagnosis of epilepsy. But humour and positive vibes are pulling her through.

On 1 June at 2.15pm, just after The Archers, BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting a new play, Slipping through time. Written by Louise Monaghan, the play follows the story of a young mum with epilepsy. Louise talks to Nicola Swanborough about her research and inspiration for the play.

Epilepsy Society content manager Nicola Swanborough reviews Colin Grant's new book, A smell of burning: the story of epilepsy and discusses why the book's most important message could be 'we need to talk.'

Our channel marketing manager, Carl Charlesworth, discusses how one post on Epilepsy Society's Facebook page highlighted how hard it really is to live with epilepsy.