Last year, Kennady Schneider couldn’t take gym class or participate in physical activities on field trips with her classmates, the risk too great that the noise and heat could trigger a seizure.
Kennady, now 19 and a senior at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, has a particularly difficult-to-treat form of epilepsy that has caused multiple seizures a day since she was 5. Some lasted as long as 20 minutes, leaving her depleted and ultimately causing other disabilities, including vision problems and some intellectual limitations.
