Pediatric epilepsy surgery advocate | love my husband, boys, and dogs | daughter of immigrants 🇪🇸🇵🇪 | radical centrist | @PESAlliance founder | my tweets
Love this. My son goes shark fishing with his friends on the weekends and instead of freaking out I’m mostly ok with it until someone in their crew thinks they need a bigger boat.
One flyer. Sixty houses. Twenty kids.
Now Friday nights in Bend, Oregon are full of capture the flag and laughter again.
📍It all started with boredom — and a spark of independence.
Read Guthrie’s story + get the free Let Grow Community Toolkit: https://t.co/q97WnmD51R #childhood
November is Epilepsy Awareness Month! We've launched a bold, new awareness campaign to help parents learn about the life-saving nature of epilepsy surgery. Join us and spread the word!
https://t.co/McoFYBZ7VY
Brain rot is real, hitting adults too.
Two recent articles show that....
1) When our phones got smart, we got dumber:
https://t.co/gPGrShE2dk
2) When people are randomly assigned to make their smartphones dumb, they get smarter
https://t.co/49dL1l2YxM
A stunning essay in the FT on the international decline in the ability to read, reason, focus, and learn new things.
It began or accelerated in the early 2010s.
It's hitting teens AND adults.
Self-report and objective scores.
by @jburnmurdoch
https://t.co/gPGrShE2dk
Great research from our friend @SickKidsNews Mary Lou Smith PhD and @PukaKlajdi reveals distinct mental health trajectories for caregivers—especially around epilepsy surgery. (Psst - moms are not okay.)
🔗 Full study https://t.co/l1ISVSer3C
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Parents considering @livanova VNS or @neuropace RNS for seizures caused by Doose or Lennox Gastaut syndromes can connect with Mandy Graham, one of our trained parent support navigators.
Learn about Mandy's journey: https://t.co/8fZBR4Fdqa
Beginner's Guide to Building the IEP
Presenters:
Monika Jones
Audrey Vernick
For additional information and to register now, please visit our website - https://t.co/w1ZSswquxq
#COPAA2025#Irvine#CaliforniaLove#SPEDLaw#SPEDAdvocacy
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