[MUSIC PLAYING] Being a teen is tough. There's lots of challenges to negotiate. Being an adolescent. --for different-- --Changes socially, physically, and emotionally. So it's a Tuesday. So-- --And all those things are harder with a chronic disease like epilepsy. [LAUGHTER] So we started the Adolescent Epilepsy clinic here at UVA. And it came out of a need that I saw to better address issues that teens have living with epilepsy that may not be best addressed by adult neurologists who aren't looking specifically at teen issues. To empower the teen, but also empower the parent to learn to take a step back. To let the teen grow up and become independent. And it's important because adolescents will grow up to be adults. And they need to learn to be independent with managing their medicines and their disease. The best way I think that we can reach our teens is really by understanding what they do every day. And what's important to them. Considering using text messaging as reminders to take their medicines. Some kids like alarms. They use alarm programs instead. Living with epilepsy as a college student is much easier than I thought it would be. I'm open with my epilepsy. And I'm not going to let epilepsy hold me back. The adolescence is a really important time when teens are learning who they are. So we try to help teens navigate that process. So they can learn to become themselves aside from their epilepsy. Dr. Langer reminded me that I'm not different than anybody else. And I can just be the best Chandler that I can be. Being here at UVA, I'm getting so much more than medical treatment here. They actually care about me. [MUSIC PLAYING]