22/07/2015 11:37:37 ¶ ●

sjw-lapis:

> sjw-lapis:

> > as a neurodivergent & physically disabled person, i’m not interested in any kind of mental health stigma awareness that throws physically disabled people under the bus, especially those awful “what if mental illnesses were treated like physical ones!” messages.

> > believe it or not, but physically disabled people are told a bunch of the different examples in those messages. we are told that our lives will get better if we’re more positive, we are told that we shouldn’t rely on medication, we are told that we are overreacting, we are told that other people have it worse, etc etc.

> > my experience with mental illness stigma is very similar to my experience with disability stigma, and i’m tired of able-bodied people saying things like this, especially because of the high comorbidity between mental and physical disorders.

> hey if you’re able to, you should reblog this, especially if you’re able-bodied