sorry if this is random, but would you say epilepsy is a disability? I quickly googled and apparently it is not seen as a mental illness, and in some countries you can get disability benefits for it, but I'm not sure?
then again, I have a super light case and am basically not affected at all when taking meds, but know there are people who are strong physically affected even with treatment
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I mean like I am absolutely not a gatekeeper on who can and can't call themselves disabled, BUT in my opinion as someone who has had many friends with varying forms of epilepsy I would say yes, it's absolutely a disability. Especially as it can prevent a person from being able to safely perform many activities like driving, working, attending school and other day to day activities. From my understanding, epilepsy is a "short circuit" in the brain that leads to either a seizure or, specificially, seizing (which is what most people think of when we talk about epilepsy and seizures is someone seizing) but anyways in my country (Canada) any form of epilepsy is a disability