Prejudices about Epilepsy: Epilepsy is a... rare disease hereditary disease type of mental disease a disease with a continual loss of intelligence (dementia) incurable disease mortal ilness stigma		The truth about Epilepsy: Epilepsie is a... a common disease (0,5 - 1 % of the world population suffer from it!) chronic disease an organic disease which originates in the brain (cerebrum) a disease which is characterised by repeated epileptic seizures a disease which responds to therapy and can often be cured a handicap when the patient's seizures unable him or her to become part of the surrounding social structures.
German Epilepsy Museum Kork www.epilepsiemuseum.de