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April 29, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness

Why Epilepsy Awareness Isn't Working

April 29, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness
Why Epilepsy Awareness Isn't Working

There’s a fundamental problem with the way epilepsy awareness is being generated—and we need to do something about it. Soon.

April 29, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness
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April 22, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness

What Should You Do If Someone Has a Seizure?

April 22, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness
What Should You Do If Someone Has a Seizure?

Seizure First Aid is a critical skill that everyone should learn, as 1 in 10 people will have a seizure in their lives. Let’s go through all of the details that could save a person’s life and spare you a lot of anxiety.

April 22, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness

Tagged: epilepsy, epilepsy awareness, Under the Lights

April 7, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness

Under the Lights Wins a Jefferson Award

April 7, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness
Under the Lights Wins a Jefferson Award

This was a particularly special honor. The Jefferson Award is a prominent recognition of public service, and a very real acknowledgment of the level of impact the short film has had.

April 7, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness

Tagged: film

March 31, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness

5 Myths About Epilepsy and Seizures

March 31, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness
5 Myths About Epilepsy and Seizures

Top 5 myths about epilepsy and seizures, and what we can do about it. The Under the Lights movie is the largest scale epilepsy awareness campaign of all time, first a short, and now an upcoming full movie.

March 31, 2025
Miles Levin
Epilepsy and Awareness

Tagged: epilepsy

March 18, 2025
Miles Levin
Events, Film

EVENT: LIVE QnA With Pearce, Miles and Landis Wiedner

March 18, 2025
Miles Levin
Events, Film
EVENT: LIVE QnA With Pearce, Miles and Landis Wiedner

Join Pearce Joza, Miles Levin and Landis Wiedner for a LIVE QnA about all things Under the Lights on Purple Day! Click ahead to read more -

March 18, 2025
Miles Levin
Events, Film
2 Comments
March 17, 2025
Miles Levin

You Are What You Think - Lessons Learned From The Disability Community

March 17, 2025
Miles Levin
You Are What You Think - Lessons Learned From The Disability Community

"You are what you think all day long" - Emerson That's something I've found to be a primary social truth. The first rather staggering interaction I had with this truth was working at a camp for kids with epilepsy. (Camp Coelho in Northern California)

A teen, we'll call him David, runs up on day one and exclaims:

March 17, 2025
Miles Levin
March 10, 2025
Miles Levin

10 Celebrities With Epilepsy (And Other Heroes)

March 10, 2025
Miles Levin
10 Celebrities With Epilepsy (And Other Heroes)

10 celebrities that have epilepsy or seizures and have left big legacies! And 5 rising heroes today that deserve your attention.

March 10, 2025
Miles Levin
March 3, 2025
Miles Levin

Two Bad Choices - Living with an invisible disability

March 3, 2025
Miles Levin
Two Bad Choices - Living with an invisible disability

To out yourself or not? When most people think about disabilities they usually think of those conditions that are 'worn' on the outside: the wheelchair user, a person with a seeing-eye dog, a facial difference. Other disabilities, like epilepsy, are hidden. This is one of the biggest social challenge they face.

March 3, 2025
Miles Levin
February 24, 2025
Miles Levin

Best Movies About Epilepsy and Seizures (And Why You’ve Never Heard of Them)

February 24, 2025
Miles Levin
Best Movies About Epilepsy and Seizures (And Why You’ve Never Heard of Them)

The epilepsy movies you’ve never heard of, and why they are important films. Epilepsy affects 1 in 26 people in their lifetime. And despite being the fourth most common neurological disorder, we almost never get time on screen as lovable human beings, and we've suffered for it. Let’s change that.

February 24, 2025
Miles Levin
8 Comments
February 18, 2025
Miles Levin
Film

Under the Lights Goes To Poland

February 18, 2025
Miles Levin
Film
Under the Lights Goes To Poland

Big news as Under the Lights is accepted into a Polish work in progress event, winning several awards.

February 18, 2025
Miles Levin
Film

Tagged: epilepsy, American Film Festival, Variety, epilepsy awareness, movie, film, Poland, Under the Lights, disability, advocacy

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