Heroes Among Us

Visit the "Heroes Among Us" page on the Epilepsy Foundation National Web Site, where people can tell their stories and help to raise money in search for a cure for epilepsy and a better life for people affected by seizures. Learn more about Heroes Among Us.

If you're already a member of the Epilepsy Foundation's website, log in and you can update your Heroes pages from there. If you're not a member, you can sign up in only a few minutes.

Please take a few minutes to read some of the stories. You can either view all the currently active pages or search for people who either live close to you or share a similar interests as you.

...And if you have a few minutes, why not create one of your own?

...Or, support an existing Hero with a contribution made in their honor.

• mija2gs I'm writing you this story to tell you about a special little girl.
   
• Braveheart - My Sean's Story My son Sean, now eight had his first seizure at 22 months of age.
   
• Hope & Sebrina
  About two years ago I was told I had, had a seizure.
   
• tkdavis222 Last year 2003 I noticed a change in my daughter, she was spacing out for a few seconds at a time.
   
• authorette21 I've had epilepsy(as well as a host of other problems), since I was a baby.
   
• MagiGal I had my first seizure back in 1970-something (I won't admit how old I am!) Let's just say that it was a long time ago, and I had no idea I had epilepsy.
   
• Stacey Well I can not be sure when they first began.
   
• Athena Boo My seizures began with a severe head injury in an automobile accident on April 16, 1996.
   
• yaleishalashante At the age of six who knows what's going on or how anything happens, but when I was six I was diagnosed with epilepsy.
   
• debbie1202 Epilepsy started with me, my first seizure, at the age of 12 years old.
   
• Miss Music City 2007 When I was a young girl, one of my family members was diagnosed with epilepsy.