Epilepsy Foundation Advocacy

The Epilepsy Foundation advocates on behalf of people with epilepsy and their family members and caregivers to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures and save lives. Our priorities include:

Ensuring access to quality health care that is affordable, physician-directed and patient-centered;
Securing federal funding for epilepsy programs, research and treatments at institutions including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA);
Safeguarding disability rights and ending discrimination through awareness; and
Fostering biomedical innovation through incentivizing development of new therapies and the promotion of research to gain a better understanding of causes, consequences, and outcomes, and, ultimately, cures for all the epilepsies.

We work with thousands of grassroots advocates across the country to support policies that are advantageous to the epilepsy community. We advocate for these policies on the federal and state level. Sign up for our Speak Up, Speak Out! Advocacy Network to join the effort here.