November Epilepsy Blog Relay™ is filling up and other great news

We have some great news that we just couldn’t wait to share. Thanks to you, our amazing community of readers, contributors, sponsors, partners, doctors and scientists, Living Well With Epilepsy has already surpassed our total traffic from 2013 and 2014 (total pageviews). And, it looks like we might surpass our traffic total from 2015 before the November Epilepsy Blog Relay even kicks off.

Epilepsy Blog Relay™

We are also pleased to announce that the Blogger schedule for the November Epilepsy Blog Relay™ is already 1/2 full. If you are thinking about registering, sign up soon!

Become a November 2016 Blogger

#IAMSUDEPAWARE Campaign

This year SUDEP Aware, Living Well With Epilepsy and Lundbeck have joined forces to shine a spotlight on SUDEP Awareness Day, which is October 23. This is your opportunity to spread the word to your loved ones about SUDEP. Show the world “#IAMSUDEPAWARE” by supporting this Thunderclap on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.

The #IAMSUDEPAWARE campaign will run from September 23 through October 23. This campaign will come to an end on SUDEP Awareness Day. The campaign aims to raise mass awareness, and funding, by activating people around the world as champions for SUDEP Awareness.

Watch for more on this campaign soon.

Purple Wedges Hit the Road Again

This fall the Purple Wedges are expected to hit the road again. You can look for them in Las Vegas and Baltimore in October. Then they will be headed to Houston in December. Don’t miss a single city!

Watch for more on these visits soon.

Your Turn

What are you doing this fall to raise epilepsy awareness? Comment below or submit your personal story.

Jessica K. Smith Founder and CEO; Executive Director

Jessica Keenan Smith is a patient advocate and epilepsy community leader with more than 15 years of experience. As Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy and Executive Director of ASENT she bridges the gap between the scientific and patient communities, with a particular focus on the needs of the epilepsies. Jessica Keenan Smith is Founder and CEO of Living Well With Epilepsy, an award winning online resource for people affected by epilepsy to share stories and access in-depth information on the disease. Since 2009, Living Well With Epilepsy (https://livingwellwithepilepsy.com) has been featured in Forbes, Wired, NBC, NPR and the cover story of Epilepsy Advocate Magazine and has partnered with companies such as UCB, Lundbeck, Sunovion, Eisai, and more. Ms. Smith is also the Executive Director of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) (https://asent.org), an organization that brings together leaders from industry, academia, government and advocacy who are engaged in bringing drugs and devices to market across all neurologic disease states. In this role she is responsible for leading a successful scientific journal and annual scientific conference with speakers from all over the world.

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