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Albert C. Cuetter, MD

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I read with interest the article on the accuracy of patient seizure counts.¹ A related focus of interest is the overreport of seizures in epilepsy clinics with a large indigent population.² Many epileptic patients find out that their efforts to logically confront social system establishments end in a paradox.

A significant obstacle for epileptic patients even when seizures are controlled is the bias of employers who often perceive patients with epilepsy as a liability risk.^3-5 After a long period of unsuccessfully searching for a job, these patients turn to social agencies for financial aid, only to find themselves faced with a different problem: they do not qualify because they have not had the required number of seizures. They may discover that it is necessary for them to have "1 major motor seizure, or 4 minor motor seizures a month" to qualify for disability.⁶ Caught between a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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