Elon admitted he has a disability (autism) and still works so
Jokes aside tho i know epilepsy can be difficult to live with/work with for some people, but there's definitely been an increase in the amount of people I've seen calling it some form of disability lately.
In the UK we have mandated mask wearing like many other places rn, that is unless you are except due to a medical condition. But there is no classification for what medical conditions mean you can't wear a mask, and ive seen people now wearing little badges saying "I'm mask exempt (insert disability here)!" a lot more lately, including epilepsy a few times. It's painfully obvious most of these people just don't want to wear a mask, but they're using the disabled card to skirt around the laws and it's kinda frustrating to see tbh. Like, your epilepsy doesn't stop you from wearing a mask in a shop for 10 minutes. If you were asthmatic or had COPD, I would understand. If you had autism I would even understand. But epilepsy? Seriously? The same people will also complain they can't go have a drink at a pub, forgetting alcohol lowers your seizure threshold and outs you at more risk than wearing a mask for a little bit would.
It's the same feeling I get with people online who will use whatever card they can to get pity/oppression points. It's highly likely this dude's epilepsy doesn't completely run his life, but if he says he's disabled he looks like a victim online and it makes him feel better about himself. Lou wants to do the same, but unfortunately for him diabetes doesn't even come close to epilepsy.