‘Disjointed’ by Joshua Fox

My name is Joshua Fox and I am 18 years old and come from Halifax. I play the Euphonium in Elland Silver Youth Band, National Champions of Great Britain 2010 amongst many other titles. I attend Bethel Methodist Chapel Shelf and I have attended Boy’s Brigade from the age of five. In year 11, I passed my Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award and achieved my Silver Award Summer 2010. I was nominated as a West Yorkshire Young Achiever in June 2009 and attended a garden party hosted by the Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire. It has been quite difficult for me to pursue my interests and achieve what I have achieved so far because I suffer from epilepsy (usually I have about three seizures a week). I feel that having to overcome my disability has made me more determined than ever to succeed. A neurosurgical operation in the summer of 2009 has not been able to find the source of my epilepsy and I am currently awaiting the results of an Ictal Spect I had in Glasgow in September 2010. Suffering from epilepsy has given me inspiration for my art and I have sought to express how I feel during seizures through it.