I am One in a Hundred .....& want to be the only one so!

This is not a boast but a wish, a commitment made on the occasion of National Epilepsy Day which falls on 17th Nov 2010.The epilepsy statistics say that every one person in a hundred has epilepsy( tendency to have Fits /Seizures ) & this National Day our earnest efforts should be to keep it constant & better still, make it nil. But this statistics will be brought down only by Preventive measures towards Epilepsy & Awareness about them.

Nov 17th is commemmorated as National Epilepsy Day & the entire November month will be dedicated to Epilepsy Awareness. This year, Indian Epilepsy Association (IEA) which is a National Body has decided to focus on 'Women & Child'. IEA has urged all their 27 chapters / branches & neurology depts/organisations to focus their programs on this theme to have a stronger impact.
Children's Day is also celebrated in the month of November.

In India we celebrate November 14 as Children's Day, while 20th November is universally celebrated as Children's Day. In India this day has been preponed to 14th November, the date that marks the birth anniversary of independent India's first Prime Minister – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.The reason why his birthday has been chosen for the celebration of children is because of his love and passion for children.

So it becomes doubly important that we take extra care in case of children on this Epilepsy Day. My journey in the special education & disability field started with my having epilepsy attacks post childbirth & eventually my joining IEA & Samman- Epilepsy Support Group in Mumbai. In these past 15 years of my association with Samman, I have seen that impact of epilepsy is adverse in childhood & it clouds every aspect of life thereafter. I have witnessed many cases of children with epilepsy going haywire due to lack of resources. In this month all our efforts are to increase Epilepsy Awareness & provide resources that are available for people with epilepsy.Especially to provide educational , psycho-social guidance to children with epilepsy & their parents. Let us all join hands together to bring "Epilepsy Out Of The Shadows!"

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Global Campaign against Epilepsy: Out of the Shadows Bringing support to epileptic patients

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