A short while ago (April 2011), a twitter search using the words ‘seizure’ or ‘seizures’, were used to see what the response would be…. and over 1712 tweets came back with a number of comments…. and 41% of the comments were derogatory towards epilepsy.
How ever there were a number of positive comments fighting back at those with the STIGMA…
Epilepsy Talk went in to more detail and here is there link:
http://epilepsytalk.com/2012/06/04/epilepsy-in-twitter-times/#comment-7760
And for those wanting to know what stigma is… here is the Dictionary definition:
STIGMA |ˈstigmə|noun1 a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person:the stigma of mental disorder | to be a nonreader carries a social stigma.
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