If you run a summer camp, or are sending your child to camp, you may have concerns about staff being aware of medical conditions of campers in their care. Over the course of a camp day, kids will encounter not only their own cabin counsellor, but also cooks and kitchen staff, activities staff—ranging from arts and crafts, archery, the waterfront, sports, paintball, horseback riding, farm staff, BMX bike leaders… and many, many more. For both parents sending kids away to camp, and camp directors, the safety of campers with special medical needs is probably at the front of your mind—camp directors, you have trained the staff and ensured that they know which kids have medi

We're reaching the end of Epilepsy Awareness Month, but it’s never too late to learn more about a condition that affects 3 million, or 1 in 26 Americans [1]. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes seizures, and often, witnessing someone having a seizure is more stressful for a bystander than it is for the person who is having one.

Today, I’m thankful to have Caitie here to share her personal story of living with epilepsy—because i think there’s a lot more value sometimes in stories rather than lists of sta