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The charity has received international media coverage on a number of occasions due to its work in highlighting bad practice in online videos in relation to
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for people with epilepsy and health professionals with an interest in the condition. It also has a website that includes information about epilepsy.
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and so was likely to trigger a seizures in someone with photosensitive epilepsy. A warning was placed on
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In 2015, it highlighted the presence of advertisements with flashing content that were posted on
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as a result of a segment of animated footage commissioned by the organising committee of the
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into epilepsy and the issues surrounding living with the condition.
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In 2011, Epilepsy Action highlighted issues with the video for the
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helplines and a wide range of information booklets, web pages and
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British Epilepsy Association, registered charity no. 234343
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providing information, advice and support for people with
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For the unconnected Australian epilepsy organisation, see
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confirmed that Twitter were in breach of its guidelines.
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Index

British Epilepsy Association
Epilepsy Action Australia
Lady Cynthia Colville
Charitable organisation
Yeadon
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
53°51′52″N 1°41′39″W / 53.86441°N 1.69408°W / 53.86441; -1.69408
Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford
www.epilepsy.org.uk
charity
epilepsy
freephone
email
e-learning courses
England
Wales
Northern Ireland
volunteers
conferences
laboratory
research
Bradford
10K athletics race
photosensitive epilepsy
seizures
London
2012 Summer Olympics
Kanye West
All of the Lights

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