November in the United States is designated as National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Each year the Epilepsy community comes together during November to celebrate Epilepsy. Many people are often confused when they see “celebrate” and “Epilepsy” in the same sentence. We aren’t suggesting celebrating Epilepsy, but celebrating the community around the Read more…
Stigma, Noun. A mark of disgrace or infamy: a sign of severe censure or condemnation, regarded as impressed on a person or thing; a ‘brand’. Oxford English Dictionary. In ancient Greece, the verb stizo described tattooing of the skin to mark out those who were the property of others or Read more…
This episode includes the basics of Epilepsy. Have you ever asked yourself, if I had the chance to give advice what would I say? In this episode, the host of our Epilepsy podcast, David Clifford, goes back in time to 1991 to give his former-self advice about Epilepsy and seizures. Read more…
Have you ever thought about creating a fundraising event for your local Epilepsy Awareness charity? You should! We invite Josh Green (Twitter @JoshGreen321) from Epilepsy Foundation Eastern Pennsylvania to tell us about their NOLA-Themed-Virtual-Gala on March 5-7, 2021. He also provides some handy tips so you can get your own Read more…
It could be argued I am a pretty fearless person. The medical examinations, treatments, and scrutiny that I have undergone for years has made me tougher and braver than most. I do not say this as a brag, I say this simply as an observation as I have grown up. Read more…
In this episode, we celebrate some stories of Presidents whose lives were entangled with seizures or Epilepsy. Were you motivated by the stories of the Presidents described in this episode? We would love to hear any comments you have. You can always reach out to us via email at social@brainablaze.com Read more…
A recurring theme in my book “Sacred Lives: the history, cultural associations and social impact of epilepsy” is the relative invisibility of contemporary “celebrities” to champion their epilepsy and its cause. We should celebrate those who have been prepared to do so but also ask ourselves why their numbers are Read more…
In this episode, we argue that Caretakers (or carers) deserve the right to be full-fledged members in our Epilepsy Community. While we can never truly describe what a seizure feels like to a person who has never had one, carers (and especially Carers of small children) can tell anyone what Read more…
Welcome back to Season 2. In this episode, our host, David Clifford, walks through the vision for the newest season of the Brain Ablaze Epilepsy Podcast. We’re looking to help even more people this year by providing content targeted to a wider audience. Can you help us by providing a Read more…
Because I have had epilepsy for 15 years, I know that having intractable epilepsy, or really any type of epilepsy is debilitating. It is a loss of control of the one thing you were promised to have control over: your body. You have a seizure, you take medicine, you have Read more…