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Crash Course: Public School Accommodations for Children with Hypersomnia: Part 2
Part 2: Understanding 504 vs. IEP By Kate Pece, MEd In this series of four articles, you will learn how to navigate the public school system for accommodations under a 504 plan. You can read the other parts here: part 1, part 3, and part 4. When it... read >
Does Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Affect Children’s Pedestrian Safety?
Background Each year, approximately 30,000 children are unintentionally killed or injured while walking outside (typically within a half mile of their homes). Many factors—including children’s thinking and reasoning abilities, attention spans,... read >
The Hypersomnia Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
We are pleased to announce that Scot Hulshizer, Celia King, and Diane Powell have recently been elected to the Board of Directors of the Hypersomnia Foundation. In addition to bringing unique strengths as the organization thrives and grows in both scope... read >
Crash Course: Public School Accommodations for Children with Hypersomnia
By Kate Pece, MEd In this series of 4 articles, you will learn how to navigate the public school system for accommodations under a 504 plan. This first article gives a broad overview of initiating the process so that you may get started right... read >
Raising Awareness of the Underpinnings of Hypersomnia
Awareness of disease means different things to different people. One’s awareness takes origin in experiences and goals, both personal and professional. Diversity in awareness therefore comprises our community of people who have hypersomnia, their... read >
Share Your Journey | I Will Not Go Gentle into That Night
At what moment does one admit to themselves, family, and the world that they have more than a passing penchant for sleep as well as have cognitive issues? To be sleepy or “getting caught” napping evokes societal stigmas, e.g., “lazy,”... read >
GABA and Histamine Work Together to Control Wakefulness
New research on genetically altered mice helps to untangle the complex interactions of GABA with brain systems necessary for sustaining wakefulness. Histamine Nerve cells (also known as neurons) in a specific part of the brain, called the... read >
Share Your Journey | Why Do I Fool Myself?
Every night as I head to bed, there's this moment of joy and comfort I experience, which I assume most people experience at least every now and again—that feeling after a long day of work or maybe travel, that you will finally get to lie down and get... read >
Antibiotic May Decrease EDS in GABA-Related Hypersomnia
A study of clarithromycin in the treatment of GABA-related hypersomnia indicates that this drug may be effective in some patients with idiopathic hypersomnia (IH), narcolepsy without cataplexy, and subjective hypersomnia. Background The US Food and... read >
Share Your Journey | My Way of Saying That Research on IH Matters
The day a doctor finally took me seriously when I told him about always being tired, oversleeping almost every day, and generally walking through life in a sleepy fog was one of the best days of my life. I wasn't lazy! I wasn't alone! There were other... read >