Elaine H
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Good Morning Sam
Please, don't think that we are all happy to be branded EPILEPTICS!!!!!The majority of the folk on this website have epilepsy, or are connected to it in some way, but in no way do any of us want to be labelled, and especially by the great unwashed public past and present, as EPILEPTICS!!!! You haven't read any of the previous posts eh? It is a truly despicable word, and unfortunately, conjures up archaic visions, of people on the floor, foaming at the mouth, convulsing, kicking and screaming,pissing themselves, victims of "The Falling Syckness" and posessed by evil spirits and demons!!! I am a human being, I have a condition called epilepsy, and thankfully, of the forty odd different types of epilepsy, I am lucky enough to have the relatively mild Complex Partial ones, I am not of a lower intelligence than my peers, friends and family, but have unfortunately had some horrendous things said to me in the past by idiots, who simply don't engage the brain, before putting the mouth into gear especially employers!!
Hopefully, between us all, we can educate the public, and in the coming years, people with epilepsy won't be subjected to this incredible ignorance and stupidity that we are in this, the 21st Century!! Call youself an "Eppy" if you want Sam, but I prefer to be a PWE, as the UK based Epilepsy Action says, a person with epilepsy.
Best Regards
Elaine. A person with epilepsy
Please, don't think that we are all happy to be branded EPILEPTICS!!!!!The majority of the folk on this website have epilepsy, or are connected to it in some way, but in no way do any of us want to be labelled, and especially by the great unwashed public past and present, as EPILEPTICS!!!! You haven't read any of the previous posts eh? It is a truly despicable word, and unfortunately, conjures up archaic visions, of people on the floor, foaming at the mouth, convulsing, kicking and screaming,pissing themselves, victims of "The Falling Syckness" and posessed by evil spirits and demons!!! I am a human being, I have a condition called epilepsy, and thankfully, of the forty odd different types of epilepsy, I am lucky enough to have the relatively mild Complex Partial ones, I am not of a lower intelligence than my peers, friends and family, but have unfortunately had some horrendous things said to me in the past by idiots, who simply don't engage the brain, before putting the mouth into gear especially employers!!
Hopefully, between us all, we can educate the public, and in the coming years, people with epilepsy won't be subjected to this incredible ignorance and stupidity that we are in this, the 21st Century!! Call youself an "Eppy" if you want Sam, but I prefer to be a PWE, as the UK based Epilepsy Action says, a person with epilepsy.
Best Regards
Elaine. A person with epilepsy