Fiction & poetry
Seizing Control: Managing Epilepsy and Others' Reactions to It - A Memoir
By Laura Beretsky, grant writer in the MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science (MITES) program
Haley's · 2023
Beretsky's memoir, "Seizing Control," details her journey with epilepsy, discrimination, and a major surgical procedure to reduce her seizures. After two surgical interventions, she has been seizure-free for eight years, though she notes she will always live with epilepsy.
From Summer 2024 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News). Cover image via Google Books.
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