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    It’s time to bring epilepsy out of the shadows

    Jan 31, 2022 3 minutes
    Ian Bone
    Illlustrated by Daniel Stolle

    Epilepsy is a common but much maligned, misunderstood and stigmatised condition. The World Health Organisation estimates that 50 million people worldwide live with it and yet, to the general public, it remains feared and attracts less empathy than it should. Those with epilepsy often conceal it from all but their closest confidante and because scarcely any celebrity, or person in the public eye, will admit to having it the epilepsy

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