Epilepsy South Africa works through regional branches: Eastern Cape (East London), Free State/North West (Parys), Gauteng (Springs — Geduld and Daggafontein centres), Mpumalanga (Dullstroom), South Cape/Karoo (Knysna), and Wester…
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South African law protects people with disabilities, including epilepsy where it substantially limits participation, against unfair discrimination at work, and employers are expected to make reasonable accommodation — adjusted sh…
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Anxiety and depression are more common among people with epilepsy than in the general population — partly the disorder, partly medication, and a great deal of it the isolation and stigma that come with it. It is common, it is not…
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Children with epilepsy generally belong in mainstream classrooms. What matters is that the school knows — tell the class teacher and the office, provide a written seizure plan, and put the first-aid steps somewhere visible in the…
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Epilepsy South Africa was established in 1967, originally as the South African National Epilepsy League, and took its present name in 2002. It is South Africa's only national non-profit dedicated specifically to epilepsy, working…
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