Epilepsy Stories 2020

Iliya Fakour Rashid, a 13-year old from Iran, tells us how epilepsy has affected his life, and how learning to understand the disease has helped him think of it as a friend.

In this brave and powerful video, Debora Marimo (Ireland) discusses how stigma against epilepsy has affected her life and impacted on her mental health.

"You can't let it define you a person" To mark International Epilepsy Day 2020, Tom Bovver Morrison (UK) shares his experience of how epilepsy affects his life and how he has learned to manage it. Tom encourages people to support each other and to reach out when they are in need of help. He also

The epilepsy story of Ela Milicevic, from Croatia.

Nina Mago is founder of the Purple Bench Initiative Uganda - empowering people with epilepsy. Ahead of International Epilepsy Day, Nina has shared her story with us.

Erin Davies, epilepsy advocate, shares her epilepsy story ahead of International Epilepsy Day (Monday, February 10th 2020)

Emma Lovise Larsen is an epilepsy advocate and a winner of the IBE International Golden Light Awards in 2019.

To mark International Epilepsy Day 2020 Leonie Wollscheid from Germany has shared her story with us. Why not share yours? Remember to use the #EpilepsyDay hashtag so we find you!

Rebecca McGhee is an epilepsy advocate and a winner of the IBE International Golden Light Awards in 2019. Here she aims to raise awareness of epilepsy by sharing a video of her day.

Scarlett Paige, epilepsy advocate and a winner of the IBE Golden Light Awards in 2019, shares her story ahead of International Epilepsy Day (Monday 10th February, 2020)