Well this is one to read. 'Social medicine'? Will be good to see how that is defined here. I have (somewhat jokingly) used the term 'sociological therapy', so am interested to see how this conceptualisation works. Nearly twenty years since I was his student... https://t.co/0xAQcm62d6
#EverydayAcademicAbleism Psychosis clinic faculty at the university where you work as a postdoc: ban you from attending any meetings before they've even met you because they google you and find that you've written articles in support of the #hearingvoicesmovement
#EverydayAcademicAbleism Director of campus disability services says "you've been diagnosed with schizophrenia? I suggest you think about whether graduate school is even appropriate for you."
#EverydayAcademicAbleism You repeatedly find yourself the only representative of persons with lived experience of psychosis at governmental workgroups, ranging in size from 8 to 40 members; you politely ask if just one more person with lived exp can be included and are told no
When recovery for so many involves having a meaningful role and societal value such stigma is a profound barrier. #everydayacademicableism https://t.co/2t8zOhpg7N
#EverydayAcademicAbleism You've got a prestigious postdoc and/or tenure track faculty position and multiple editors of (text)books on psychosis ask if you can write a first person account rather than an actual chapter (your answer, of course, is always no)
Another example of service user perspectives and expertise being coopted by practitioners, services, and academics. #everydayacademicableism https://t.co/vZqLOyH2Uq
Article about Mad Studies by Gorman & LeFrançois (2018).pdf https://t.co/hE7LKPKiJC #madstudies /36657330/Mad_Studies_by_Gorman_and_LeFran%C3%A7ois_2018_.pdf?s=t via @academia