Indiana

Comprehensive

Epilepsy

     Services

What's New

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•  The Indiana University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center was approached in April 2006 by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) to consolidate the epilepsy education and support services with the Indiana University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.  A combined meeting of the group from FSSA and the Indiana University Department of Neurology was held on June 6, 2006.  After discussion, it was decided the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center of Indiana University Department of Neurology, in addition to providing state-of-the-art medical and surgical treatments to patients afflicted with epilepsy, will take over all educational and support services in Indiana beginning July 1, 2006. 

• "Basics of Epilepsy" workshops:  The classes, which last approximately two hours, are for direct support staff, case managers, QMRP's, employment specialists, school nurses, and others who work with and provide support services to those with epilepsy.  Details are available on the left menu under "Professional Training."  Please call your Indiana Epilepsy educator for details or call toll-free at 800-210-7123.  The workshops are free but pre-registration is required.  

• SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION AVAILABLE!  Are you a student with epilepsy who plans to attend college or graduate school next year?  Are you the caregiver of someone with epilepsy who wishes to continue your own education?  If so, please look at the KEPPRA FAMILY EPILEPSY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM to see if you might qualify for a scholarship from UCB Pharma, Inc.  Ten $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to patients with epilepsy and five $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to caregivers and/or family members.  Visit UCB's website at www.Keppra.com for more information. 

• Do you need help obtaining prescription medications?  "Rx for Indiana" has just celebrated its first year!  The program offers a Web site and a toll-free call center that links eligible residents with pharmaceutical assistance programs that provide free or discounted prescription drugs.  The project is an effort of the State and nearly 60 state and local agencies, including Indiana Epilepsy Services.  The service is free and completely confidential.  For more information, log on to the Web site for Rx for Indiana or call the call center toll-free at 1-877-793-0765.  Be prepared to answer a few short questions about your age, income, medications, family size and any insurance coverage you currently have.  Patients, health care providers, or family members can then quickly and easily find out which programs they qualify for and how to apply for them.  By the one-year anniversary of the project in Indiana, more than 117,000 people had been matched with prescription assistance programs.   

• The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published a fact sheet to address workplace rights of people with epilepsy under the Americans with Disabilities Act.  The fact sheet discusses when epilepsy is defined as a "disability" under the ADA; when employers may (and may not) ask applicants and employees about their epilepsy; what reasonable accommodations might be necessary, most of which involve no cost; and how employers should deal with safety concerns that they may have about employees with epilepsy.  Please check out the EEOC website for more information, or call your local Indiana Epilepsy Services consultant.

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