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Stories
True accounts from real people, giving you a glimpse into their lives and experiences
Achieving your career goals: Annie's story
Discover Annie's journey of navigating career challenges with epilepsy and her advice for young people pursuing their goals.
Achieving your career goals: Jo's story
Read Jo's inspiring journey of managing epilepsy while pursuing and achieving her career goals, with advice for others in similar situations.
Achieving your career goals: Emily's story
Read how Emily overcame epilepsy challenges to achieve her career goals, offering inspiration and advice for young people with epilepsy.
Being a nurse with epilepsy: My story
Read inspiring real-life stories of what it's like to be a nurse while managing epilepsy, sharing challenges and achievements.
Acting and epilepsy: Lauren's story
Explore how Lauren navigates the world of acting, overcoming challenges and pursuing her passion in the performing arts, whilst managing her epilepsy.
Lauren's Story: Absence seizures, making new friends and telling teachers at college
Lauren has absence seizures. In her blog she writes about living with epilepsy at school, how she made friends and told her teachers.
Grandparents’ story: Supporting our grandson with epilepsy
Explore how grandparents cope with and support their grandchild’s epilepsy, sharing insights and experiences in this real-life story.
Annie: My amazing epilepsy nurses
Read Annie's story about how epilepsy nurses have supported her journey, highlighting their vital role in managing her condition.
Olivia's diagnosis
Olivia was diagnosed with epilepsy aged 11. The diagnosis was a challenge for her and her family, which was worsened by her expereince of tonic clonic seizures a few years later. Olivia's blog talks about how her epilepsy affected her family relationships.
Annie on Parents
Young Epilepsy Rep, Annie discusses sharing her epilepsy experience with her parents.