First National Walk for Epilepsy

If you like to be first or ever dreamed of being the first in a movement to help others, an opportunity is just around the corner. March 31, 2007 is the date set for the First National Walk for Epilepsy.

Greg Grunberg of the hit NBC show Heroes doesn’t just play a “Hero” on TV, he has become a real life hero by volunteering to chair The Walk. You can join Grunberg and become a hero by supporting The National Walk.

The actual walk will be held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., but you don’t have to live in the Washington D.C. area to help the more than 3 millions Americans who's live with Epilepsy. You can become a Virtual Walker.

You're never too old or too young to develop Epilepsy. It can strike anyone at any time. Every year 200,000 Americans develop Epilepsy as the result of a tumor, stroke, head injury and for many a cause is never determined.

The top three Neurological disorders are Stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and Epilepsy. Both Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease have a history of established events to raise funds for research and awareness. In 1989, The Alzheimer's Association began raising funds and awareness with The Memory Walk. The National Stroke Association has been sponsoring The Train to End Stroke Marathon since 2001.

Both are great causes that deserve support, but Epilepsy has often been pushed to side and forgotten. The Epilepsy Foundation hopes The National Walk will raise funds for research and help promote awareness.

When people think of Epilepsy they generally think of Grand Mal Seizures, but people with Epilepsy experience many types of seizures. Click the links below for additional information about different types seizures and how you should respond if you witness someone experiencing a seizure.

Simple Partial Seizures

Complex Partial Seizures

Absence Seizures

Atonic Seizures

Myoclonic Seizures

Tonic Clonic Seizures (Grand Mal Seizures)

For additional information about Epilepsy visit the Epilepsy Foundation Website.