How+is+epilepsy+regarded+now?


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 The response to the disease has improved. Medicine and awareness have allowed epileptics to live relatively worry and seizure free. Stigmas associated with the disease, however, still burden those with epilepsy. Visit the [|Epilepsy Foundation] for more information. back to original || === === ||
 * **Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA)**
 * The amendment was signed by President Bush on September 25, 2008, and it will go into effect January 1, 2009.
 *   The original law offers protection against discrimination on the basis of disability. Many individuals with epilespsy, however, lost protection under this law. Some people with epilepsy were able to prove that their condition was a disability under the ADA, but others had trouble proving that their epilepsy met the narrow definition of disability outlined in the original ADA.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"Without the law's protection, an employer could explicitly refuse to hire a person simply because that person has epilepsy" ("Legal Rights News Brief").
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ADAAA clarifies Congress' intent for people with epilespy to be covered by the law and protected from discrimination.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ADAAA maintains that employers must provide resonable accomodations for epileptic employees.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The law applies in the workplace, day care centers, schools, hotels, restaurants, concert venues, correctional institutions, and public transportation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Breakthroughs in Epilepsy Research**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"In the past, when someone was diagnosed with epilepsy, it was often regarded as an irreversible outcome. Treatment options were limited and hope for a better quaility of life was minimal. Now we're making strides with epilepsy research and continuing to move forward. As a result, a majority of people with epilepsy are living life seizure free" ("New and Exciting Breakthroughs in Epilepsy Research").