The stigma is ancient and it still remains today.
Laws in the United States and Great Britain that prohibited epileptic people to marry were just repealed in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Until the late 1970s, legislations in the United States also prevented epileptic people from entering public buildings such as restaurants, shopping centers, and theaters.[US Department of Health]
Although these laws are no longer in effect, the underlying social divisions that they have created in the past thirty years are still present today.
In most states, having a seizure is technically illegal, and while prosecutions are rare, they do happen.
When prosecutions happen, many states only allow the insanity defense, which strongly implies that the government itself regards epilepsy as a form of mental illness, in addition to the prejudiced public.
EVEN “TWITTER” HAS PUT IN THEIR TWO CENTS.
In a study published in “Epilepsy and Behavior,”…