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| Epilepsy..." Vol 2 language notes |
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Epilepsy:
A Seizure lasts a moment
Dreams last a lifetime |
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A Note about Language from Epilepsy Toronto
"An Epileptic." It's a label we don't use anymore. People with epilepsy are people, not their disability. However Judith Thompson, the writer whose compelling story we have featured in our inaugural issue of this new publication, chooses to call herself "an epileptic," as do many other people with a seizure disorder. What are we to make of it?
As a writer, Judith Thompson uses the label "epileptic" knowingly, letting it resonate with all the power of the stigma which she felt growing up, a stigma which many people with epilepsy continue to feel today. Being reduced to nothing more than her seizure disorder is exactly what Judith felt happened to her; she uses the label advisedly. Epilepsy Toronto, on the other hand, must continue its campaign of public awareness and encourage the use of the inclusive term: "person with epilepsy."
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