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Epilepsy campers, signup time is here

For most kids summer means playing outdoors, camps with silly names, hiking, swimming, canoeing, arts and crafts and more. The same is true for kids with epilepsy. In a recent issue of EpilepsyUSA, the Epilepsy Foundation‘s flagship publication, the organization featured a roundup of epilepsy camps throughout the United States.

US Camps

Camp in Ontario, Canada

Camp in Mylor, Austrailia

To get a sense of what camp is like and why it is important, check out this video below produced by the Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado.

If you know of more epilepsy camps that you would like to have featured here, just comment below.

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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.

2 Responses

  1. Jade
    | Reply

    This is such a good idea!! I'll have to look up if they do this kind of thing here in the UK 🙂 Would be a lovely thing to help out with if they do!!
    X

  2. Living Well With Epilepsy
    | Reply

    @Jade

    Jade,
    I have reached out to NYCPE you can find them at http://www.ncype.org.uk/

    I asked them if there are any similar camps. I will post the infomation on the site if they have one.

    Thanks for your comment,
    Jessica
    Founder
    Living Well With Epilepsy

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