Comic book “We'll make it” - Sanofi

Lamine and Keifa have epilepsy
Two of our boys have this bizarre disease called epilepsy: this word means surprise, and, indeed, persons with
epilepsy have unexpected manifestations called seizures, that they cannot control.
Lamine does well in school, is ambitious and wants to have a successful life. Seizures happened while
everything was going well. He ends up taking his medication and the seizures disappear. He is the leader
of his pack of friends and has a gift for soccer. His disease does not
change this.
Keifa, on the contrary, is not like any other boy: he was
severely sick as a baby, with convulsions that left a trace, a
scar in his brain. Later he had problems with learning and had
seizures that make him fall and hurt himself. He did not enjoy
a normal life like other boys of his age. But when he finally gets
medical attention and receives medication, he becomes a normal
boy again, even though he still has some attacks. Before that, Keifa
had been considered as «possessed», «cursed» and even contagious.
Of course, epilepsy is neither a contagious disease nor a curse. The condition was explained to the other boys,
and then they accepted Keifa among them. He took part in the big soccer match. There are indeed two important
things : the first is that one must seek (and have access to) medical care ; the second is that «the others», family,
friends, fellow pupils, teachers, colleagues, neighbours… must understand what epilepsy really is.