Purple Day special: Adventurers Talk Epilepsy from Seize Your Adventure

03/26/22 • 20 min

This is a special episode looking at one particular news item. The 26th of March is Purple Day, the International Day of Epilepsy Awareness. It's the one day a year dedicated to raising money and awareness to support everyone who is living with the effects of epilepsy.
Right now, people around the globe are cycling, walking, swimming, running and more to raise money to support people living with epilepsy. And if you are one of them, thank you so much.

But one of my biggest passions is advocating for the fact that - people with epilepsy can do these things too. Today's episode is a crossover with another podcast in the Tremula Network. Seize Your Adventure is a podcast sharing stories of advneture and outdoor living with epilepsy. This episode flips the microphone, and Fran talks to three people who work within the adventure field to find out what they know about epilepsy, what they don’t, and how we can get more people with epilepsy in adventure.

We mention:

These three adventure professionals’ first aid and epilepsy experience
How they handle risk assessments
The different types of seizure
Basic epilepsy first aid
How to encourage people with epilepsy to take part in adventure
What adventure means to them
Where to go to learn more about epilepsy

THE ADVENTURERS:

Jago Hartland (Outdoor Pursuits Guide)
David Willis (Bushcraft Instructor)
Nicki Bass (Resilience Consultant)

LEARN ABOUT EPILEPSY:

https://seizeyouradventure.com/learn-about-epilepsy/

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03/26/22 • 20 min

On The Outside - Purple Day special: Adventurers Talk Epilepsy from Seize Your Adventure

Transcript

[MUSIC starts - Bassbeat by Alex Norton: "Funky and upbeat, jangling guitars, a fat bassline and a full horn section create the perfect soundtrack to a late summer block party."]

FRAN: Welcome to On The Outside the podcast sharing diverse views on outdoors news. My name is Francesca Turauskis and this is a special episode looking at a very personal news item.

[Music ends]

Every year on the 26th of March is Purple Day, the International Day

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