I really did not like my time at primary school and that continued whenI went to secondary school.
I was bullied at secondary school from the moment I started. I waskicked and spat at, always by the same people.
My seizures take the form of absences, which means I stop what I'mdoing, lose awareness of my surroundings and can miss out on chunks ofinformation. As I did not have drop seizures where you fall to thefloor, the schools I attended may not have realised that I was notgetting all the information.
I came to the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy inSeptember 2005. I liked it straight it away and there was no bullying.We have lots of trips out. I am a residential student but go home everyother weekend.
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