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Go Purple! Epilepsy awareness

March 22, 2019

Throughout March, Epilepsy Australia is urging people around the country to end the stigma and discrimination of epilepsy and ‘GO PURPLE’, the
international colour for epilepsy.

Epilepsy is a common brain disorder which takes the form of recurring seizures. It can develop at any age, regardless of gender or ethnicity.

An estimated 65 million worldwide currently live with epilepsy – in Australia alone approximately 250,000 people live with epilepsy and one in 25 people will have epilepsy at some point in their life.

Purple Day (26th March) aims to encourage people to talk about epilepsy and to remind those who live with seizures, that they are not alone.

For more information, visit:
Epilepsy Australia 
The Epilepsy Foundation