Narcolepsy 360

Matthew Horsnell is a person with Type 1 Narcolepsy. He also is a multi-faceted narcolepsy advocate. He’s a speaker, a blogger, legislative advocate and narcolepsy support group leader. In this episode, Matthew and Claire discussed how becoming a dad pushed him to figure out his extreme daytime sleepiness that he dealt with throughout his childhood.  He, in his words, “passed the test with flying colors,” and was diagnosed with Type 1 Narcolepsy.  After navigating living with narcolepsy, being a parent and generally being an adult for a few years, Matthew realized he wanted to be vocal about his narcolepsy and spread narcolepsy awareness. Matthew is a generous narcolepsy advocate. He first entered into advocacy through the Know Narcolepsy awareness campaign. He participated in Project Sleep’s Rising Voices of Narcolepsy Program to help him confidently speak about living with narcolepsy. Today he advocates by speaking at events, webinars, and participating as a legislative advocate in DC. He writes blogs on H