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PHOBIA - PLAY ON STIGMA ATTACHED TO EPILEPSY
Mon, 05/22/2006 - 02:46Topic: New to Epilepsy.com
I HAVE JUST WRITTEN AND DIRECTED A PLAY ON THE STIGMA ATTACHED TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM EPILEPSY IN BOTSWANA. PLEASE CHECK THE PREVIEW ON: www.mmegi.bw/2006/May/Friday19/4446682011688.html
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Submitted by solis on Tue, 2006-05-30 - 17:10
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Re: PHOBIA - PLAY ON STIGMA ATTACHED TO EPILEPSY
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2006-05-30 - 10:26
Thank you for tackling such a challenging problem! Stigma is so pervasive, and a huge barrier preventing people from getting the medical help they need. Take a look at the international efforts to combat stigma - "out of the shadows' - and let the International League Against Epilepsy know what you are doing.
www.ilae-epilepsy.org/Visitors/Archive/GlobalCampaign.cfm
www.ilae-epilepsy.org/Visitors/Chapters/Index.cfm
Best wishes,
Epi_help
Re: Re: Re: PHOBIA - PLAY ON STIGMA ATTACHED TO EPILEPSY
Submitted by Spiz on Tue, 2006-05-30 - 20:59
Sol, The way I feel concerning his posting the url on the site is that he is looking for it to be critiqued. Which is important. He needs the pro comments for encouragement. But the most valuable are the critical ones. Those are the ones he will learn by. I know what you meant by what you said. The only criticism I have ever known you to give, if any, has always been constructive. My feelings on the film are pro and con. Pro being he took that step, con being it would have saved film and time to have done the research to word it correctly which is, in essence what you just said. I am hoping that since he took the initiative to take that first step and more yet, to post it here, that he will read the posts and learn from them. And do more films - correctly researched and worded. I should have posted my thoughts with it. To me it covered the step he took and the journey he had yet to go. I'm sorry if it was misunderstood. -Spiz