One Author Brings Neurodiversity to the Apocalypse
If you’re neurotypical and able-bodied, apocalyptic scenarios can be fun thought exercises. You probably know the one: where would you go if the dead were rising? A wholesale warehouse, the…
If you’re neurotypical and able-bodied, apocalyptic scenarios can be fun thought exercises. You probably know the one: where would you go if the dead were rising? A wholesale warehouse, the…
We talk a lot about the stigma of mental illness these days, and not just here–not a day goes by without some new effort to raise awareness of depression or…
Biology is a common theme in the efforts to destigmatize mental health issues. We tell people to think of depression like cancer, or a broken limb: you wouldn’t mock someone…
I don’t need to tell you that sharing our stories is helpful–Take This supporters are well aware. Fighting stigma is a big job, though, and it’s going to require all…
Last year, UBC nursing professor John Oliffe set out to discover how attitudes toward depression differ between men and women. A national survey of English-speaking adult Canadians, male and female,…
We talk a lot about ending the stigma around mental illness, and today, Bell Canada wants us all to talk about it a little more. The Bell Let’s Talk campaign…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been in the news in the few days since Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, spoke out about her son Track’s experiences coming home from…
PBS Newshour is running a short series on Understanding Autism this week, and if you have 10 minutes to spare, it’s well worth a look. Tuesday’s segment features Steve Silberman,…