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Latest blog posts from E. is for Epilepsy

Writing: What Are We Trying To Say?
Over the years, I have been fascinated by the numbers of persons with E. who write. Historically, many of my favorite authors were persons with E... But, I wonder what we are all trying to say?Could it be that we are attempting to work out our feelings of isolation through the stuff we put to... Read more...
Published a week ago

The Mind's Eye...
For those folks who think they know what E. is, this may be an image similar to that which they see in their mind's eye  as "epilepsy manifested" or the expression of epilepsy. This image contains an aspect of wretchedness. I have to point out that this isn't the whole of the epilepsy... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Who Owns Me?
There is a feature of disability that has to do with body integrity and ownership. For many of us, it stems from the multiplicity of medical tests and exams we experience over a lifetime that leave us feeling much like a slab of meat. It is a kind of medical victimization, if you will. It is,... Read more...
Published a month ago

Education as Equalization.
When one begins to consider the track of her life, one can only come back to a single question: how can I become equal to the task that is, that will forever be, my life?  I know when I was young, it seemed unfathomable to me how one would know how to do things correctly, successfully, as an... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

For Disability Carnival #41: "Death Becomes Her" Theme
I believe that Death rides in a carriage drawn by six matched horses. He rides from behind the Moon in the night sky and we can see him coming because he leaves a trail of mist  behind him. I also believe that we cannot evade Death, but that some of us are Death’s Familiars.Growing up, I was... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Whining About Chronic Illness/Disability!
When a chronically ill person crosses over into disability, I believe that Parson's Sick Role Theory can no longer apply. Why? Well, because instead of insuring an acceptable status for the ill person, Sick Role Theory, as applied to the chronically ill or disabled, provides a conundrum in our... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Disability Hierarchies
Sean, at transabled.org, gives a really good description of disability hierarchy. I am reprinting it here:  What do I mean by "hierarchy"? Simple, there seems to be a belief that some types of disabilities are better than others. Quads are better than paras, paras are better than amputees, etc.... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Happy Fourth of July!!!
The above piece depicts a Fourth of July parade in a small New England town and is by American primitive folk artist Jane Wooster Scott. Originally from Philadelphia, Scott moved West to California to "get into show business". The turning point in her artist's career was when she had a joint... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Hello, World!
I have the pleasure of glimpsing the flow of readers to my site because I added Site Meter some weeks back. I would like to extend to each of you my personal "Welcome" and "Thank-you" for taking the time to read my posts and look at the art.It has been fascinating to me to see the origins of my... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Who's Got What and Why?
I have noticed recently that the attributions of diseases and disorders for many famous people are shifting. Vincent Van Gogh, for example, has long been considered epileptic, but recently, has been decreed bi-polar instead. The symptoms are the same, but the designation has been changed.Did I... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

FEAR, Anxiety and Epilepsy
Persons with E. are hampered by Fear. But for many epileptics, Fear isn't just Fear, it is a paralyzing state of Anxiety that is difficult to analyze and articulate for most of us. The co joined states of Fear and High Anxiety can create just the right conditions to bring about seizures, and at... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Will "Ugly Laws" Make a Comeback???
(CBS) A Port St. Lucie, Fla., mother is outraged and considering legal action after her son's kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. Melissa Barton says Morningside Elementary teacher Wendy Portillo had her son's classmates say what they didn't like about 5-year-old... Read more...
Published 3 months ago