ABOUT EPILEPSY
Epilepsy is a broad term used for a brain disorder that causes seizures. There are many different types of epilepsy. There are also different kinds of seizures.
Seizure Action Plan
Seizure Action Plans can help you organize your seizure information and have it available when and where you need it. A prepared plan can help you know what to do to prevent an emergency or tell others what to do in emergency situations. You can also adapt these plans to different situations in your life.
Eric’s Corner has prepared this template as an example of a Seizure Action Plan. Feel free to download the plan PDF and implement it into your life.
Transportation Links
Go Tri-Valley is easy to use. We pay half your fare for rideshare trips on Uber and Lyft that start and end in Dublin, Pleasanton, and Livermore.
Dial-A-Ride is an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) paratransit service providing door-to-door service to eligible disabled riders in Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, and the surrounding unincorporated areas of Alameda County. Dial-A-Ride Paratransit.
To apply for Dial-A-Ride, visit the eligibility page or call (925) 455-4700.
To make a reservation, call (925) 455-7510.
SELPA
Special Education Local Plan Area: SELPA comprises Pleasanton, Dublin, and Livermore Valley Joint unified school districts, and Alameda County Schools, the programmatic arm of the Alameda County Office of Education.
Districts in our SELPA serve students with disabilities requiring special education. The services provided at each district are identified in the annual Service Plan.
4665 Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton, CA 94566
Phone: (925) 426-9144
Kaleidoscope
A Community Adult Program offering specific programs for adults with special needs. These services help adults integrate into the community and include employment readiness and development, independent living skills, community inclusion, socialization, and many other beneficial activities. This highly-regarded program offers a comprehensive and creative approach to recreation, education, and socialization services for Bay Area youth ages 5 to 22 years with disabilities.
5601 Arnold Road, Suite 104 Dublin, CA 94568
Phone: (925) 266-8023
2-1-1
Free, non-emergency, confidential, 3-digit phone number and service that provides easy access to housing information, and critical health and human services.
2-1-1 operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with multi-lingual capabilities.
Online Resources
Frequently Asked Questions About Epilepsy
End Epilepsy Together, Epilepsy Foundation
With the support of your doctor, loved ones and mostly yourself, the challenges of epilepsy can be overcome
Talk about Epilepsy
Advancing awareness of epilepsy & SUDEP
“Please go and enjoy your life. Danny did.”
This is the promise and the hope of research: to put an end to suffering
An international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide
An international team of over 300 doctors, researchers, healthcare workers and patients working together at 27 hospitals, to study the biomarkers of new-onset focal epilepsy
These are behavioral events that look a lot like epileptic seizures (ES), but are in fact produced by emotional stress rather than electrical disruptions in the brain
Local Resources
Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare Health Library and Ryan Comer Cancer Resource Center,established in 1991, offers free access to easy-to-understand,up-to-date health and medical information. A corner of the Library,Eric’s Corner, is dedicated to Epilepsy resources and information.
RCEB works in partnership with many individuals and agencies to plan and coordinate services and supports for people with developmental disabilities, family members and community leaders in the Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
Their mission is to provide exceptional care for our patients as we navigate complex neurosurgical conditions together.
Adult Epilepsy Centers
UC San Francisco Medical Center
400 Parnassus Ave., Room A889, San Francisco, CA 94134
Phone: (415) 353-2437
213 Quarry Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone: (650) 723-6469 or (650) 725-6648
2100 Webster Street, #115, San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 600-7880
3160 Folsom Blvd., Suite 2100, Sacramento, CA. 95816
Phone: (916) 734-3588
Phone: (855) 421-2904 (Patient Referral Services)
Pediatric Epilepsy Centers
Phone: (415) 476-1000
Phone: (855) 421-2904
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Phone: (844) 693-9096
Phone: (800) 482-3284
SUDEP
It is estimated that up to 50,000 deaths occur annually in the U.S. from status epilepticus (prolonged seizures). Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), and other seizure-related causes such as drowning and other accidents.
Below are website resources offering support and information for those affected by an epilepsy related death.
SEIZURE ALERTS DOGS
CPL Seizure Alert Dogs give individuals greater independence, which improves their quality of life, by alerting up to an hour ahead of time that a seizure is imminent. This gives their partners time to take precautions such as lying down or leaving crowded environments. The alert dogs ability to warn their partner, ahead of time helps prevent serious injuries due to falls.