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It's time to quit hiding

Sat, 06/09/2012 - 08:20
I've been living with E along time,30+yrs or so.  I've always been ashamed of it! that's the way I was brought up!  Don't tell anyone, hush hush & all.  The meds make it even worse! the trembling,loss of memory,impairing my cognative thinking! It goes on & on!  Well I'm sick of hiding it! No more!  If you won't accept me how I am, then so be it!  I didn't ask for or want this,it was just bestowed upon me!   I remember my brother having a tonic-clonic seizure, it scared the heck out of me!  But I still love him,respect him & treat him like a human being!  More people with this disability need to come out of their shells & SPEAK UP!!!!!      3 million people should be enough of a voice to let America & the world know, "hey I'm here,don't ignore me!"  I'm done hiding!!!!!

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Re: It's time to quit hiding

Submitted by hspbuy1 on Mon, 2012-06-11 - 21:48
It's pitiful to live  in the richest nation in the world & have to worry about potiential employers not hiring you because of insurance reasons!   And that's the biggest reason. i'm all for national health care! f the ins cos!   I understand your reasons for not mentioning your E.  But we can still stand up to the stigmatisms people put on us!  Like someone told me ,don't give up hope!  thx for the reply!

Raise Public Awareness by Documentary

Submitted by sam1am on Wed, 2013-06-26 - 12:48

Together we can amaze, entertain and educate the public through entertaining stories of each person's specific Seizure in Public. I produced Spirit of a Subculture,Bike Messenger's in Chicago for WTTW/PBS. My next project will select 1 public seizure story from 10 Epileptics embedded with information of our condition and lives surrounding the viewers.

For more info. go to; ambitiousmindsproductions.com
Sincerely Sam Inglese, Producer/Director/Epileptic

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Together we can amaze, entertain and educate the public through entertaining stories of each person's specific Seizure in Public. I produced Spirit of a Subculture,Bike Messenger's in Chicago for WTTW/PBS. My next project will select 1 public seizure story from 10 Epileptics embedded with information of our condition and lives surrounding the viewers.

For more info. go to; ambitiousmindsproductions.com
Sincerely Sam Inglese, Producer/Director/Epileptic

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