Other courts have adopted it in interpreting state anti-discrimination laws. The decisions have already led to fewer lawsuits being filed. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is responsible for enforcing the employment provisions of the ADA, reported that it filed fewer lawsuits in 1999 than expected as a result of the Supreme Court's decisions. While it is unlikely that the Supreme Court will reverse itself anytime soon, advocacy groups, including the Epilepsy Foundation, are taking steps to restore the law to the way it was. These efforts include filing friends of the court briefs and working on legislative reform.
Public education is also a powerful tool.
Most people do not understand what epilepsy is or how it affects people's lives. Helping people, including attorneys and the courts, understand that controlling epilepsy is not the same as curing epilepsy and that treatments, however, effective, may have adverse side effects is the first step.