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Meet Ashley Calvento: Facing an Invisible Illness with Positivity and Strength
Meet Josie: Emphasizing Representation for the Disability Community
Meet Megan: Prioritizing Community for People with Chronic Conditions
Meet Sam: Using Her Hard-Fought Knowledge to Empower Others Living with Epilepsy
Meet Amber Woods: An Epilepsy Patient Who Refuses to Give Up
Meet Stefan: Overcoming His Past, Paving His Own Path
Meet Phil: Sailing the World with Epilepsy in Tow
Diagnosed with epilepsy during her first pregnancy, Miki weathered two decades, another child, and brain surgery to become an advocate for the condition's overlooked realities.
A car going the wrong way gave Indie a brain injury, and the brain injury gave her epilepsy. She lost her license, her independence, and none of her plans.
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For two years, I was having auras, with intense deja vu, tastes, and smells, and then it would all go away after about thirty seconds.
Ashley Calvento