When she finally realized that her son had epilepsy, Bauer felt some relief, if only because she was able to arm herself with information to give his teachers and his coaches. It is not a mental illness or a psychiatric disorder. People with epilepsy are not demon-possessed. They have the same range of intelligence as anyone else.
Epilepsy is absolutely nothing to be feared.
It is an electrical misfiring in the brain. Facts in hand, Bauer went to her son's school. Meanwhile, the array of medications her son was taking were leading to two learning disabilities and a severe case of attention deficit disorder. Quietly, she reveals, she was told the administrations feared if other parents knew a child with epilepsy was in the school, they would take their kids out. Always check for any medical identification.