Edith Bowman, Scotland on Sunday

Here at Scottish Epilepsy Initiative we read with interest an interview with Radio One’s Edith Bowman which revealed the successful Scottish presenter had suffered from severe epilepsy in her youth. The article, which appeared in July of this year just before Bowman’s appearance as host at music festival T in the Park, stated that; “Bowman was severely epileptic as a child but it didn't restrain her”.

The week after the paper printed a letter from SEI Chairman Martin J Brodie bringing attention to Bowman’s overcoming of epilepsy to become very successful in the media. This is particularly relevant to our Valentine Appeal which aims to provide epileptic teenagers in Scotland with an online social network as the condition can be isolating. Click on the link below to see the full response to the article;