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The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was released on World Narcolepsy Day to raise narcolepsy awareness, and is available to stream on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Deezer or purchase on bandcamp and Apple Music. https://dispillane.bandcamp.com/follow_me https://music.apple.com/au/album/the-underground-railroad-single/1642022382 For more than 25 years, Harriet Tubman was trapped in the bonds of slavery before escaping, traveling alone mostly under the coverContinue reading “The Underground Railroad“

The Underground Railroad

Please help me to raise awareness on World Narcolepsy Day, September 22nd, by streaming this song on your preferred streaming service, and or purchase this single, request it to be played on the radio.

Today is World Narcolepsy Day

The difficulty in being diagnosed with this rare disease is why so many people go undiagnosed for many year’s. I believe that not only should doctor’s receive training in sleep disorders, teacher’s should too! If a teacher was aware of what to look for, they may be able to help a student to get diagnosedContinue reading “Today is World Narcolepsy Day”

World Narcolepsy Day 2021

World Narcolepsy Day is only 11 days away, September 22nd. Narcolepsy is a Rare Disease that affects 1 in 2,000 In the US or 3 million worldwide! It is a neurological disorder that affects the brain’s ability to control the sleep AND wake cycles, and there is no cure. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness is the mostContinue reading “World Narcolepsy Day 2021”

Raising Awareness Interview

On the lead up to this years World Narcolepsy Day, I was invited to be interviewed to discuss narcolepsy by Jo from my local community radio station PBAFM. Jo has a weekly program called The Kitchen Table, and every week she and her co host Pete chat with a variety of people about subjects thatContinue reading “Raising Awareness Interview”

Raising Awareness

<p id="RaisingAwareness" value="<amp-fit-text layout="fixed-height" min-font-size="6" max-font-size="72" height="80">Today I will be joining "<a href="https://www.pbafm.org.au/shows/the-kitchen-table/">The Kitchen Table</a>" at 1.30pm (SA time) to discuss narcolepsy to help to raise awareness of this chronic neurological condition. Tune in to <a href="https://radioau.net/pba-fm/">PBAFM</a&gt; 89.7 FM to hear the interview.Today I will be joining “The Kitchen Table” at 1.30pm (SA time) toContinue reading “Raising Awareness”

World Narcolepsy Day

September 22nd is the second World Narcolepsy Day. Last year Narcolepsy Australia organised “Meet Up’s” around the country, but unfortunately due to the C-19 Pandemic this will not be happening this year. The American non-profit organization Project Sleep co leads an awareness campaign with a series of online activities, story sharing events and training sessionsContinue reading “World Narcolepsy Day”