Purple Day 2018
There have been several times in my life where I have witnessed both petit mal and grand mal seizure activity. The persons involved in these episodes did not know much about the moments leading up to and during these events and they left me sad to know that they had suffered.As years progressed I acquired more information regarding epilepsy. One time I tripped up in the Emergency Room at Richland Hospital and the attending physician asked me if I had forgotten to take my dilantin that day.
I rather "lit into him" — such that it was — regarding poking fun at epileptics and it didn't happen again. Needless to say my experiences with epilepsy were disturbing enough at a personal level for me to never think them humorous at all.
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Some nine years back one New York-based Anita Kaufmann Foundation in association with the Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia launched an event called Purple Day internationally which was originally the idea of an epileptic named Cassidy Megan in 2008.
The two global sponsors of Purple Day committed joining with individuals and organizations internationally to promote epilepsy awareness.
This is their day so don your finest purple attire, hold events about epilepsy, and Happy Purple Day to you !