TV epilepsy is very rare and very hard to diagnose with certainty so I
doubt that the GP would have met many if any cases.
However, unless I am mistaken the characteristic which will determine
whether a computer screen will be likely to trigger a fit is the screen
refresh rate. This is I believe lower on portables than on desktop
monitors so a portable might actually increase the likelyhood of a fit. On
the other hand it may also be that there is a greater "persistence" in the
laptop's screen which will reduce the effect of the lower refresh rate.
When I was researching this for an article on epilepsy I did not find
anyone able to give categorical answers. The best advice came from the
scottish epilepsy association.
Jeff Hughes
Chartered Educational Psychologist
Editor of SENSOR on BT Campus
Box 42, St Helens WA10 3BF
Tel/Fax: 01744 24608
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