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 | People with epilepsy should be able to live without facing stigma, in a society that understands epilepsy as a medical condition. To correct the lack of knowledge and prevent discrimination, members of the epilepsy community should seek to raise the public dialogue about the condition to educate as wide an audience as possible. |
| People with epilepsy should be treated fairly with compassion and understanding by law enforcement officers and other first responders (e.g., emergency medical technicians, firefighters, public transit workers and school personnel, etc.). First responders should be trained to know the difference between a person who is confused or disoriented because of a seizure or their medications, and a person who is intoxicated. First responders should also be trained to properly administer first aid to a person who is having a seizure and should be able to recognize most types of seizures. Many Epilepsy Foundation affiliates offer such training programs for first responders in their communities. |
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