I have JME or Juvnile Myoclonic Epilepsy. I am peeved at how more support Autism gets than Epilepsy and I am PISSED that diabetes gets a lot of attention due to Nick Jonas.
I mean there is a percentage of Americans who think that epilespy is communicable. And these misconceptions and beliefs put a stigma on those with epilepsy so no one wants to help them. In fact while doing reserch one time, I saw that the US SSI System puts epilepsy on low priority when it comes to giving disablity. Some people with epilepsy work normal lives but others because of their severity of their conditon. Is it fair they be left to die in our money hungry socitey? O_o
Now I have done pretty well so far *knock on wood* but last year I was busy as hell and I couldn't afford to let my epilepsy get in the way. I made a few Youtube vids on it: [link] and [link] and [link]
Watch those and see for yourself. Epilepsy is a common yet misunderstood disease. I have a list of famous people in history that have had epilepsy:
This is an article from: [link]
"Despite the stigma, many famous people have suffered from the disorder and excelled in spite of it. They include:
Bud Abbott, American comedian of Abbott and Costello fame Richard Burton, Welsh actor
Truman Capote, American author Lewis Carroll, English author and mathematician
Dante Alighieri, Italian author Charles Dickens, English author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian author Danny Glover, American actor
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter Margaux Hemingway, American actress, granddaughter of author Ernest Hemingway
Elton John, English pop singer James Madison, fourth U.S. president
Guy de Maupassant, French author Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, engineer and founder of the Nobel Prize awards
Niccolo Paganini, Italian violinist Peter the Great, Russian czar
Edgar Allen Poe, American author Neil Young, Canadian rock musician
Jonathan Swift, English author Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer
Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet Lord Byron, English poet
Some historical researchers believe there is evidence to suggest that the following famous figures may have also suffered from seizure disorders:
Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia Aristotle, Greek philosopher/scientist
Napoleon Bonaparte, French general/emperor Buddha, founder of Buddhism
Julius Caesar, Roman emperor Hannibal, Carthaginian general
Michelangelo, Italian painter/sculptor Sir Isaac Newton, British mathematician
Pythagoras, Greek mathematician Saint Paul the Apostle, a father of the early Catholic Church
Socrates Greek philosopher Leonardo da Vinci,Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect and engineer "
Okay now see all these people and we all know how great they were.
I want to let everyone know about this. Show your support by writing your own journal about this. I want to let everyone know about it first before anything.
Okay on the other side of things, I am doing okay, working on fanfic and a few Youtube vids. Now a Dr Phil
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