Epilepsy Stories

VIDEO: Leigh’s Epilepsy Story

Videos from the remarkABLE project, Twenty 20s, supported by the International Bureau for Epilepsy through the Promising Strategies initiative.

September 30th, 2016|

VIDEO: Kathleen’s Epilepsy Story

Videos from the remarkABLE project, Twenty 20s, supported by the International Bureau for Epilepsy through the Promising Strategies initiative.

September 30th, 2016|

VIDEO: Karima’s Epilepsy Story

Videos from the remarkABLE project, Twenty 20s, supported by the International Bureau for Epilepsy through the Promising Strategies initiative.

September 30th, 2016|

VIDEO: Julia’s Epilepsy Story

Videos from the remarkABLE project, Twenty 20s, supported by the International Bureau for Epilepsy through the Promising Strategies initiative.

September 30th, 2016|

VIDEO: Elizabeth’s Epilepsy Story

Videos from the remarkABLE project, Twenty 20s, supported by the International Bureau for Epilepsy through the Promising Strategies initiative.

September 30th, 2016|

VIDEO: Eduardo’s Epilepsy Story

Videos from the remarkABLE project, Twenty 20s, supported by the International Bureau for Epilepsy through the Promising Strategies initiative.

September 30th, 2016|

VIDEO: Amanda’s Epilepsy Story

Videos from the remarkABLE project, Twenty 20s, supported by the International Bureau for Epilepsy through the Promising Strategies initiative.

September 29th, 2016|

Jörn Sundström, Finland

There are six members in this Finnish-Swedish family living in a west-coast town called Kokkola. The father, Jörn Sundström (41) is estate agent and the mother, Eva Sundström (40) is an accountant (formerly a nurse). They fell in love as teenagers. Today there are four lovely children aged one, eight, 12 and 15 years. Jörn has had epilepsy since he

January 31st, 2016|

Claudia Medina, Chile

Julián, my son, was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2011, when he was 8-years-old. I remember it like it was yesterday: We were doing a math assignment, but he could not concentrate because he was worried about the outcome of a football match. All of the sudden, he became silent, looked at me and then began to

January 30th, 2016|

Katie Cooke, Ireland

Katie Cooke is an 18-year-old girl who suffers with an aggressive and refractory form of epilepsy and she experiences more than ten seizures with loss of consciousness every night and day. How has she become an athlete and big advocate for those suffering with epilepsy and brain illness in Ireland? With her sheer and unshakable

January 26th, 2016|