[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4675-4676]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SEIZURE SMART AND EPILEPSY AWARENESS

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                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 29, 2012

  Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the millions 
who live with seizures and deserve to be able to live, work, learn and 
play safely in their own communities. On April 3, representatives from 
around the country will be here on Capitol Hill meeting with our staff 
about epilepsy and what it's like to live with this condition, which is 
the 3rd most prevalent neurological condition and yet has no cure. 
While I hope that research will one day result in a cure, we can do 
something very meaningful now--we can help school

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personnel know what to do when a child has a seizure in school. We can 
help employers know how to help an employee in the workforce when he or 
she has a seizure, and communities can learn to help keep both children 
and adults safe wherever they go by having trained first-responders. 
Many great programs have been developed and implemented over the years 
to help educate our communities and teach them how to be ``Seizure 
Smart.'' Together, with the help of a united public awareness campaign, 
we can help everyone to become seizure smart. We need to educate 
everyone about epilepsy and help everyone to know what to do when 
someone has a seizure. When individuals from the Epilepsy Foundation 
come by to see your office on April 3, tell them that you are getting 
Seizure Smart and offer your support to House Resolution 298.

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