Stories
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The seizure dog
Aparna Nair's dog Charlie made her feel safe in the world. His uncanny ability to sense when she was about to experience a seizure also gave her an unexpected ally in her struggles with epilepsy.
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The first seizure
Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.
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The ‘epileptic’ in art and science
From scarred outsiders in literature to the cold voyeurism of medical films and photography, people who experience seizures and epilepsy are rarely shown in a compassionate light in popular culture.
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The epilepsy diagnosis
Epilepsy exists between the mind and body, something that Aparna Nair experienced for herself when she was diagnosed as a teenager.
Catalogue
- Books
Seizures and epilepsy in childhood : a guide for parents / John M. Freeman, Eileen P.G. Vining, Diana J. Pillas.
Freeman, John Mark.Date: 1997- Archives and manuscripts
"Seizures induced by movement" (with W.A. Lishman, C.W.M. Whitty, and R.G. Willison), Brain vol 85 Pt I, 1962
Date: 1962Reference: PP/CPS/15/6Part of: Symonds, Sir Charles Putnam (1890-1978)- Archives and manuscripts
Workshop on Complex Partial Seizures and Their Treatment: 2-3 November 1974
Date: 2-3 Nov 1974Reference: SA/ILE/L/3/7aPart of: Archive of the International League Against Epilepsy- Archives and manuscripts
Commission on Classification and Terminology: Proposed revision of the Classification of Epileptic Seizures
Date: 1978- 1979Reference: SA/ILE/H/2/7Part of: Archive of the International League Against Epilepsy- Videos
Brainstorms. Epileptic seizures.
Date: 1993