Improving Epilepsy Treatment In People With Intellectual Disability

This is a vanguard event which not only highlights the current gaps, but also suggests potential solutions including the launch of a good practice .. Read more guidance. A quarter of people with intellectual disability have epilepsy and a third of people with epilepsy have intellectual disability. In spite of such a significant overlap, the two conditions are rarely managed holistically. This vanguard meeting brings together experts from different medical specialties to highlight the current gaps in knowledge about people with both intellectual disability and epilepsy, and to learn about the potential solutions, including the launch of a good practice guidance, Step Together.