Yanzhuo Li

English 1A
June 19, 2016

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Kenny Chung et al

Kenny Chung et al

Knowledge,

Paper

About 42% would object to their

Attitudes, and

recommended by

children marrying a PWE,

Practice toward

and received from and 43% would not knowingly hire

Epilepsy (KAPE):

the first author

someone with epilepsy. These

A Survey of

negative attitudes and practices

Chinese and

serve as indicators that PWE

Vietnamese Adults

may suffer from discrimination

in the United

within the Chinese and Vietnamese

States.

communities. (225)

Quality of Life in

Paper

According to responses from

Epilepsy (QOLIE):

recommended by

participants, the general public lacks

Insights about

and received from knowledge about epilepsy and thus

holds negative feelings toward
the first author

Challenges Due to
Epilepsy from

PWE. This was presented in the

English-speaking

form of social rejection. Many

and Cantonese-

participants indicated they had lost

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relationships with friends, potential

Group

companions, co-workers, and

Participants.

employers upon disclosure of their

condition. At the same time, a

majority of participants indicated
they had experienced discrimination
in workplaces due to their
condition. (260)
Epilepsy

"Epilepsy and

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While the research available on

Foundation

Asian American

epilepsy and

Asian American communities and

Communities."

asian american

epilepsy is limited, data suggests

on Google and

that 255,000 Asian Americans in the

chose this article

United States or 3 in 200 have

epilepsy. Because of challenges
collecting data, as well as fear and
confusion about having and
disclosing the condition, the number
could be even higher. (no page #)

Aliyah Baruchin

"Battling Epilepsy,

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Yet despite the number of people

and Its Stigma."

epilepsy and

with epilepsy the disorder affects

stigma on

more Americans than do Parkinsons

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disease, multiple sclerosis and Lou

this article

Gehrigs disease combined it still

carries a stigma that dates to ancient
civilizations. Many patients, doctors
and families say that stigma hampers
care, public recognition and the
ability to raise money for research.
(no page #)

Aliyah Baruchin

Stigma Is

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The situation is no better in the

Toughest Foe in an

epilepsy and

workplace, even for professionals.

Epilepsy Fight:

stigma on

One woman in the vocational

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training program lost her civil

through PCCs

service job in the country's Ministry

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of Works the first time she had a

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seizure at the office. (no page #)

article

World Health
Organization

Epilepsy

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Approximately 50 million people

epilepsy and

worldwide have epilepsy, making it

WHO on Google one of the most common

neurological diseases globally. (no
and chose this

Sanjeev V. Thomas Confronting the

and Aparna Nair

website

page #)

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Those who bear a stigmatizing trait

stigma of epilepsy epilepsy and

become targets

stigma on

for stereotypes built around that

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trait, prejudicial attitudes

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and discriminatory behavior such as

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shunning, exclusion

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and punishment. (159)

article
Ann Jacoby et al

I searched

Seizures are clearly disruptive to

Epilepsy and social

epilepsy and

social interaction; and depending on

identity: the stigma

stigma on

their specific manifestations may

of a chronic

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also be

neurological

through PCCs

aesthetically unpleasant. The legacy

disorder

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of the idea that epilepsy is the

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product of sin and possession means

article

that the cause of epilepsy is

ambiguous, and although
seizures present far greater dangers
to those with epilepsy than those
without it, the issue of peril is
echoed in old ideas of epilepsy as a
contagion (173)

Susan Trossman

Overcoming

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To diminish the power of stigma,

stigma:

overcoming

APNA

Education and

mental health

members are working on a project

advocacy can make stigma on

a difference in
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that

mental health care

through PCCs

model

and services

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throughout mental health practice,

promotes the use of the recovery

Farley-

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Toombs said. That model is based on

article

principles
that foster hope, patient
empowerment,
respect, patient and family-centered
care, and the potential for recovery.
(6)

Cecilie Bisgaard-

The Stigma of

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Raising awareness is an important

Frantzen

Mental Illness

overcoming

first step. Years ago, the American

stigma on

Parkinson's Disease Association

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engaged the actor Michael J. Fox

this website

and boxer Muhammad Ali as

national spokesmen for the disease.
Within a few months donations
soared. Sympathy and public
awareness were raised. (no page #)