BrainCast · Sussex Neuroscience Society

EPISODE 3- idiopathic intracranial hypertension (part 2)

·42 min·4 clips
A student with IIH reveals how schools pushed her aside with no support after hospital stays.
A guest with idiopathic intracranial hypertension shares her struggles with the education system, detailing neglect, discrimination, and lack of support from primary school through sixth form, while also highlighting positive experiences with hospital teachers and the importance of accommodations.

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A clear account of how school support can fail in practice, even when paperwork exists.

The episode keeps its focus on the practical strain of school and access. The guest describes having no support in primary school, no help catching up after hospital stays, and an education health care plan in secondary school that was not followed.

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If school support has ever looked right on paper and then fallen apart in practice, this one will feel familiar.

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