Betty Fernandez

My next seizure was much worse. Black and purple spots came and went. I had tremors -when your hand begins to oscillate rapidly. My body was trembling uncontrollably. The first thing my mother wanted me to do was control my breathing, and I couldn’t verbally respond to her but she…...

Rakshanda Khan has been a member of Epilepsy Florida since she was in Elementary school. Her father first brought her to what was then known as The Epilepsy Foundation for assistance with Ms. Khan’s educational needs. The staff psychologist Dr. Siskind performed a psychoeducational assessment and Rakshanda was then placed…...

Maegan Haganey is 14 years old and is going into 9th grade at her local high school in her hometown of Inverness, FL. She attends public school with her mom that volunteers as her paraprofessional in her high functioning ESE classroom, using a special curriculum called Access Points. At the…...

Robyn is a 33 year old female who was 23 when she had her first seizure. She wasn’t diagnosed with epilepsy until she turned 24. When she was diagnosed there was a period of relief because she finally had an answer for what was going on but that was short…...