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Rayleigh, UK

I applied for a job a few weeks ago and I've got lots of experience in this particular area but there were people who applied with no experience and who applied later than I did and received the job. The only thing they have that I don't, is the fact they're not epileptic. Anyone else ever been on the receiving end of something like this?

January 17, 2018
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

My husband has had this happen several times and he has also lost jobs for absurd reasons that were clearly just excuses because they disnt want tobdeal with his seizures an wanted to avoid a lawsuit for discrimination. I wish I new how to avoid this but honestly we are just learning about how to deal with these things ourselves. I can only say your not alone an hope that if nothing else it gives you some peaceof mind that your not the only one being treated unfairly when it comes to employment opportunities. Social services wont even help him or us because they consider him physically capable of working they dont even consider the real dangers of having seizures an working certain jobs. Or the fact that jobs just wont hire due to having epilepsy an find reasons tolet employees go once they find out because they dont want the liability.

January 17, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Yes!

January 22, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I never disclose until after I am hired. :/

January 18, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I didn't tell anyone until after I had the job and knew they couldn't fire me because of it!

February 6, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Sure hope that doesn’t happen. Lost a job cause of not being able to drive and side effects of keppra. Lost another cause of memory struggles. Hopefully this one will work out, can’t afford much more. I feel like this employer cares so let’s hope!

January 21, 2018

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