http://www.purpleday.org/
March 26 is Epilepsy Awareness Day. Cassidy Megan (10th grader) of Nova Scotia founded International Purple Day to recognise the struggles of people with epilepsy around the world.
More below the orange EEG trace.
Approximately fifty million people around the world have been diagnosed with epilepsy, half of which have no provable cause (including me). About one in one hundred people are estimated to have epilepsy worldwide. There is generally no cure.
http://www.epilepsy.com/...
According to the Epilepsy Foundation, the prevalence of epilepsy in the USA (prevalence is all new cases diagnosed plus all existing cases known at a point in time) is 2.2 million people, or 7.1 for every thousand Americans.
The incidence rate is 150,000 people diagnosed every year.
One in twenty-six people in the USA will be diagnosed with epilepsy (whether temporary or permanent) over the course of their lifetimes.
Epilepsy is the fourth-most common neurological disorder in the USA. It is only exceeded by (in order) migraine headaches (related to epilepsy), strokes, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Epilepsy is a recognised disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. President George HW Bush signed that Act into law July 26, 1990.
The Lavender Ribbon is for Epilepsy Awareness.
The lavender flower is traditionally associated with solitude, symbolizing the feelings of isolation and seclusion that people living with epilepsy and seizure disorders often experience.
November is the CDC's Epilepsy Awareness Month. Find out more about this disabling disease that affects two million Americans, and what to do in an emergency at the CDC Epilepsy Awareness site: http://cdc.gov/...