Grey's Aanatomy has had may of there actors who play neuro character - Dr. Shepard (meow) & others - have done epidsodes about seizures/
Ashley
--- On Fri, 7/10/09, mylmy@bnin.net <mylmy@bnin.net> wrote:
From: mylmy@bnin.net <mylmy@bnin.net>
Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Coming "out" via TV stories
To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 9:37 PM
Cmichael,
What do you think of seeing a program on Oprah and/or Dr. Phil.
The doctors might be a good program also. You can send questions
in and they will answer them.
Millie
> A lot of soap operas have been dealing with real social issues such as
> homophobia, anorexia, bipolar disorder and post partum depression but what
> they havent dealt with is discrimination vs the disabled except a weak
> segmere a woman doctor with HIV. its high time we made ourselves known by
> writing to the scriptwriters to include a character with epilepsy and
> his/her struggle to win social acceptance and maybe even fear of romance
> (what if I havea sz at senior prom?) Many prople find they can relate to
> soap characters bec they see them every day and this method can be a
> powerful way to convey our position.
>
>
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