Sleeping Beauty is Real

A recent The Today Show episode featured a 15-year-old girl who can spend days or even weeks asleep. She has a rare neurological disorder which is the Kleine-Levin syndrome. It is know to affect a few thousand people in the world. This syndrome is characterized by an excessive desire to sleep and time spent sleeping or the hypersonomia.

Now I'm thinking if this condition is the inspiration behind the very popular fairytale Sleeping Beauty.