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This 4 page paper looks at epilepsy and the social stigma it is associated with. Some information about the medical condition is relayed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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person. The most significant symptom of epilepsy are the seizures and the impact they might have at school, or at work, or while operating a motor vehicle. And while those
who are afflicted with the condition experience psychological and physical symptoms and must live with it on a daily basis, it is the social experience in America that is perhaps
most troubling. Aside form living with a chronic disease, and facing many challenges, people with epilepsy also are stigmatized by society. Some might say that people with diseases such as
epilepsy ought to keep the disease and its symptoms hidden from society. However, Burris (2006) reports that concealing such a disease or disorder can be more troubling than not doing
so. Either way, people with the condition will face discrimination and a loss of status (Burris, 2006). Sometimes, people with resistance strategies will not be stigmatized quite as much and
experience less social harm than those who hide the disease entirely (Burris, 2006). Further, people who conceal a serious disease, will experience unhappiness (Burris, 2006). Mitchell & Flourie (1999) claim
that epilepsy as a medical condition is not as significant as the impact of the disease on education or psychological well being. In other words, the symptoms are treatable, but
it is sometimes difficult to cope with the stigma and how people look at someone afflicted with the condition. Part of the problem with the social impact is that there
is a lot of misinformation about the disorder being spread (Mitchell & Flourie, 1999). Further, despite advances, there are true barriers for any child with epilepsy and parents and teachers
might overprotect a child (Mitchell & Flourie, 1999). Some teachers and parents may assume that there is a relationship between problems a child is having and the epilepsy (Mitchell &
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