Griefers Attack Epilepsy Forum
RyAnne Fultz, a 33-year-old woman who suffers from pattern-sensitive epilepsy, says she clicked on a forum post with a legitimate-sounding title on Sunday. Her browser window resized to fill her screen, which was then taken over by a pattern of squares rapidly flashing in different colors.
Fultz says she "locked up."
"I don't fall over and convulse, but it hurts," says Fultz, an IT worker in Coeur d'Alene, Ohio. "I was on the phone when it happened, and I couldn't move and couldn't speak."
After about 10 seconds, Fultz's 11-year-old son came over and drew her gaze away from the computer, then killed the browser process, she says.
Posted Mar 30, 2008
Jim Cowie
Responses to this thread:
jhota:
todd:
colby:
Being a former teacher, I can think of several diseases or conditions that could easily be triggered by loud noises or lots of movement, which would be easy to create from a programming standpoint. That is terrible that someone would do that.
