Epilepsies remain illnesses that are not well known to the general public. Many prejudices accompany these diseases. In particular, it would be wrong to believe that epileptic seizures are always impressive, that one can swallow one’s tongue or that one cannot have a professional activity. As today is International Epilepsy Day, the observation is clear: received ideas still die hard. What denounces, year following year, Epilepsie-France, the main association of patients and families. To alert the public authorities, the association organized the 2nd National Epilepsy Summit and has just published a “white paper” in which it draws up an inventory of the overall management of epilepsy in child and
