‘Living a normal life with epilepsy is possible’

One thing that makes matters worse for epileptic people is the difficulty of getting first aid treatment from the public when suffering seizures. People without this condition simply do not understand it or what to do when someone else suffers a seizure.

Ithapeleng Khan knows the difficulty only too well. The co-founder of Young Epilepsy Botswana (YEB) recently shared her struggles at the Seventh Annual Purple Day in Gaborone. Purple is the universal colour of epilepsy, chosen for the lavender flower, which symbolises the isolation and loneliness often associated with epilepsy.