INTERVIEW: Jeremiah Stone (Executive Director, Epilepsy Foundation Alabama) from our October 17, 2026 TRUITT NEWS RADIO Show

Yeah.

Well, kind of just, uh, tell everybody again, you know, uh, how many people are affected, and particularly kind of here in Alabama, you know, how, uh, how many people we're trying to reach and, uh, that kind of thing.

Absolutely.

So epilepsy is not rare at all.

Um, so more than 54,000 Alabamians live with active epilepsy.

Hmm.

Um, one in 10 people will have a seizure in their lifetime.

One in 26 will develop epilepsy.

So when you think about it, we all know someone who is walking around with epilepsy or will develop epilepsy in their lifetime.

Um, when you think about the circles that you are a part of, whether it is a faith community, a ch- you know, um, going to the grocery store, um, whether you go to Bryant-Denny Stadium today or Jordan-Hare Stadium today or whatever, um, college football team you cheer for, you know, there are hundreds of people who are gonna be walking into those venues who will likely have a seizure or develop epilepsy in their lifetime.

And so it's just, it's important for us to be able to raise that awareness and help people know how to, um, help someone who's having a seizure, um, and prepare them to be able to provide adequate first aid.

And, um, so it's not rare, and people are walking around, um, walking with this journey every single day.

Yeah.

Well, kind of just, uh, tell everybody again, you know, uh, how many people are affected, and particularly kind of here in Alabama, you know, how, uh, how many people we're trying to reach and, uh, that kind of thing.

Absolutely.

So epilepsy is not rare at all.

Um, so more than 54,000 Alabamians live with active epilepsy.

Hmm.

Um, one in 10 people will have a seizure in their lifetime.

One in 26 will develop epilepsy.

So when you think about it, we all know someone who is walking around with epilepsy or will develop epilepsy in their lifetime.

Um, when you think about the circles that you are a part of, whether it is a faith community, a ch- you know, um, going to the grocery store, um, whether you go to Bryant-Denny Stadium today or Jordan-Hare Stadium today or whatever, um, college football team you cheer for, you know, there are hundreds of people who are gonna be walking into those venues who will likely have a seizure or develop epilepsy in their lifetime.

And so it's just, it's important for us to be able to raise that awareness and help people know how to, um, help someone who's having a seizure, um, and prepare them to be able to provide adequate first aid.

And, um, so it's not rare, and people are walking around, um, walking with this journey every single day.