March 26 held the World Day Against Epilepsy, also called Purple Day. And the thought of his little girl of nine, to draw attention to the problems of people suffering from this disease.
For nearly 10 years, March 26th in the world known as "Purple Day". Epilepsy is one of the most common diagnoses in the world,chronic neurological disease - about 1% of the people on our planet have such a diagnosis. With proper treatment of epilepsy can achieve long-term remission and people with this diagnosis are full members of society - the plant family, have the opportunity to work and be happy. Epilepsy suffered by many famous people, including Julius Caesar, Peter the Great, Michelangelo.
He suffered from epilepsy and Scottish girl Cassidy Megan, who at nine years has managed to find a negative attitude to his peers. Trying to prove that she is not crazy, but a normal person, and to draw attention to the problems surrounding people with the same diagnosis as her, to give more information about this illness, Cassidy came up Purple day. Initiative supported by the girl first in Scotland, and the next year, and around the world.
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Every year on March 26 in the "Purple Day" around the world are carried out activities aimed at disseminating information about the disease, how to give first aid to a person such a diagnosis, are held fairs, concerts, sporting events, auctions and charity events, which runs a fundraiser to support people diagnosed "epilepsy".
BC epilepsy called "divine intervention" and "Hercules disease." Since ancient times, an illness suffered by many famous people: philosophers, scientists, writers, musicians and artists.
Among them:
Julius Caesar
Socrates
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Isaac Newton
Alfred Nobel
Thomas Edison
Charles Dickens
Fedor Dostoevsky
Niccolo Paganini
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonardo da Vinci
van Gogh
Michelangelo
napoleon
Ivan groznyj
Peter the Great
Joan of Arc
Theodore Roosevelt
Elton John
Jenny Glover
Neil Young
Hugo Weaving
Byron
Gustave Flaubert
Agatha Christie
Edgar Allan Poe
Dante
And be sure to ask about who have achieved success and became famous in spite of Down syndrome
