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When a Physical Disability Keeps You from Getting Mental Health Help

By Heather Morrison — 2020

Depression and suicidal ideation are more likely among people with disabilities due to factors like abuse, isolation, and stressors related to poverty, among others.

Read on www.healthline.com

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Bring Your Whole Self to Work! Hiding Disability at Work Is Damaging to Productivity

When disability isn’t disclosed, we create an invisible layer of additional work for the individual which will affect their productivity.

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How Museums Are Becoming More Sensory-Friendly for Those with Autism

Can museums offer early hours, stress-reducing activities, play space, quiet space, learning tools, educated staff, sensory aids, and/or programs tailored for those with developmental disabilities?

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What Is Ableism, and What Is Its Impact?

Ableism refers to bias, prejudice, and discrimination against people with disabilities. It hinges on the idea that people with disabilities are less valuable than nondisabled people.

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What Is Ableism?

Ableism centers around the notion that people with disabilities are imperfect and need fixing.

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Luke’s Best Chance: One Man’s Fight for His Autistic Son

More than a million children in America are the autism spectrum. What happens when they come of age?

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Running Out of Spoons: Self Care When You Have a Disability

Despite what popular culture says, we all know that people with disabilities are not actually the same (ha!), and that what will work with self care with our disability won’t necessarily work for someone else’s.

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Navigating Love and Autism

As they reach adulthood, the overarching quest of many in this first generation to be identified with Asperger syndrome is the same as many of their nonautistic peers: to find someone to love who will love them back.

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Mental Disorder Within the Neurodiversity Paradigm

Can neurodiversity proponents keep the notion of mental pathology?

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The Brain of an Entrepreneur

The aspects that make them most creative may also be their biggest risk.

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ADHD and Depression: How to Recognize and Manage Both

ADHD and depression are commonly coexisting conditions with some overlapping symptoms. The link between the two is complex.

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