Life after AE

Dallas Cowboy defensive tackle Amobi Okoye has recovered from NMDA receptor encephalitis and is preparing for a return to the NFL this fall.  I had to read the story by The Dallas Morning News’ Rainer Sabin twice. Okoye is the first professional athlete to have autoimmune encephalitis and the first to attempt to return to professional sports. […]

As we are in the midst of the holiday season, what better way to celebrate than with a survivor’s story. We are grateful for Brittany’s willingness to write about her illness trusting that it might give some peace (especially this time of year) to the AEA community. MY DARK WINTER By: Brittany DiCapua They say that […]

Dr. Ava Easton, a health scientist and researcher specializing in encephalitis, acquired brain injury, and neuro-narratives, and a friend of the Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance, has recently published a book titled Life After Encephalitis: A Narrative Approach. We are grateful that she contacted us about sharing this important work with patients, friends, caregivers and the medical community. Life After Encephalitis provides […]

Pro Football Talk’s Josh Alper writes, Former Texans first-round pick Amobi Okoye made an appearance at this year’s draft to announce a Texans pick and then made an announcement of his own about his hopes of returning to the field after recovering from autoimmune encephalitis. Okoye, who also played for the Bears, spent three months in […]