'I Have a Condition that Can Cause Severe Seizures but I Won't Let It Define Me'

'I have a condition that can cause severe seizures but I won't let it define me'

Rosie Yates is turning her dream of becoming a published author into reality despite life-changing condition

Carme Ripoll was born at a time when, as she herself recalls, “the women were worthless, they were to make the husband happy and take care of the children.” But despite that restrictive education, this Catalan woman always had a restless attitude, and at the age of 14 she decided to leave the conventional studies to get to work. “Work was freedom, or so I thought, but after two months I realized that it was not, that it was a slavery.” That was …