Can artificial intelligence stop the harsh reality of internet trolling?
Bristol-based innovation agency, Gravitywell, have developed technology to teach a piece of artificial intelligence (AI) how to detect and prevent the spread of flashing images on social media that could trigger seizures.
Safe Mum, Safe Baby: Write to your MP
We are asking you to write to your local MP, calling for their support for safer medicines for pregnant women with epilepsy.
Why it’s a MaCCCy D for us
A big thanks to McDonalds for going the extra mile when a customer had a cluster of seizures in one of their branches. Not only did staff treat her with kindness and sensitivity, but the fast food chain also shared our ‘Calm, Cushion, Call’ messaging on their social media.
Hope of seizure freedom for those with drug-resistant epilepsy
A new study has raised hopes that people who live with long-term drug resistant epilepsy may still enjoy a period of seizure freedom in later life. And it has thrown a spotlight on the complex relationship between epilepsy and the ageing process, highlighting the need for more research.
Epilepsy Society needs you
Do you have experience of working in social care, or do you have lived experience of supporting someone with complex care needs? Maybe you have taken early retirement from care work or are thinking of a career supporting people with disabilities. If so, the Epilepsy Society would love to hear from you.
Could better building design help to reduce seizures?
Scientists at the Epilepsy Society are already looking at how climate change is affecting people with severe epilepsy. But now they are also trying to find out how a fluctuation in temperature inside the charity's residential care homes could also impact seizures.