discrimination | Epilepsy Talk

Return from the edge…

April 27, 2024
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I almost died.

For a while I couldn’t even read.

My brain needed rebooting.

They told me my heart had stopped.

I was lucky to be alive.

November 15, 2023
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You’re reluctant to go out.

Because having a seizure can be so unpredictable and embarrassing.

You think: “What if I have a seizure?

What will people do? What will they think of me?”

Those and many other self doubting questions run through your mind.

Even if you’ve only had a few seizures, there’s always the fear that silent (or not so silent) enemy may strike again.

So why chance it?

April 14, 2023
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I call epilepsy the “stealth condition,” because most people don’t actually witness a seizure.

Which results in an abundance of ignorance…misinformation..and to be frank, discrimination and slurs.

May 27, 2021
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It starts in the playground. A kid has a seizure and everybody freaks out. Nobody knows what to do.

Maybe not even the school nurse. Even though epilepsy first aid is a cinch.

It’s frightening to see a child seize and then, based on that fright, they think:

“I can’t deal with this.”

December 6, 2018
10 Comments

It starts in the playground. A kid has a seizure and everybody freaks out.

Nobody knows what to do. Maybe not even the school nurse.

Even though epilepsy first aid is a cinch.

It’s frightening to see a child seize and then, based on that fright, they think:

“I can’t deal with this.”