INDIANAPOLIS — More than 70,000 Hoosiers are currently living with epilepsy. It’s a neurological disorder that causes seizures. There is no cure, but one local group is trying to change that.
On Saturday, the Epilepsy Foundation Indiana hosted the Walk to End Epilepsy at Butler University. This was one of the largest years yet with more than $25,000 raised for epilepsy research, and that number is still growing with more people donating now.
One of this year’s participants was Bella Bauer who learned she had epilepsy during a math test in fifth grade. Now she’s using her story to advocate for others.
“We don’t talk about epilepsy enough and it’s not out in the community and [we need more] advocacy,” she said. “People don’t really know how to handle someone having a seizure and things like that, so I really want to bring that advocacy and efforts toward people with epilepsy to know they are not alone and bringing light to this community.”
Bauer recently started The Purple Project . It’s all to help people living with epilepsy connect with one another and share each other’s stories.