Around one in five people with a learning disability also have epilepsy, compared with roughly one in 100 of the general population. Seizures in this group are more likely to be missed, misattributed or under-treated, and epilepsy is one of the leading avoidable causes of death among people with a learning disability. Well-trained staff, accurate…

In most cases, yes. Epilepsy is not automatically classed as a disability from the point of diagnosis, but it will usually meet the Equality Act 2010 definition because the law requires the effects to be assessed as though anti-seizure medications (ASMs) were not being taken. That triggers a duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments.…