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By Kenny Chung Fifteen years ago, my uncle passed away. Many words come to mind when I think about him. He was loving, generous and had an amazing sense of humor. Most of all, he was my caregiver and my friend. And something many people did not know, he had epilepsy. Like more than 2 million Americans, my uncle lived …

LANDOVER, Md.—An estimated 1.5 percent of Asian Americans live with epilepsy today and one in 26 people will develop epilepsy at some point in their lifetime. More people live with epilepsy than with autism spectrum disorders, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy–combined.     Despite the fact that millions of Americans, including many Asian Americans, have this chronic medical condition, …