Finnish five-year-old Emilia Salminen underwent extensive frontal-lobe surgery in the spring of 2014.Emilia's operation was performed at hospital in Helsinki. She was in surgery for eight hours. Emilia's epileptic seizures were caused by a congenital developmental disorder of the frontal lobe. When the condition was at its worst, she suffered dozens of episodes a day. Medications did not seem
Tony Coelho, of Portuguese ancestry, is a former United States Democrat congressman and the primary author and sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Born in 1942, his first career choice was the priesthood. However, a compulsory medical exam showed that he had epilepsy, caused by an accident on his parents’ farm when he was
Alfie Scott is now 8 and lives at home with his mum, dad and two cats. He goes to a specialist school for children with visual and other disabilities, where he was pupil of the year last year. He loves a cuddle, swimming, chocolate, and going in his wheelchair on bumpy surfaces, or in the wind and rain
