Today at 7 p.m. ET: Join @publicintegrity for an event on the challenges of finding safe homes for people with complex disabilities. https://t.co/YO1N6gOlMl
On July 26 at 7 p.m. ET, join @publicintegrity for an event exploring the meaning of "home" through presented essays and a virtual panel discussion with disability rights advocates.
State of Mind contributor @amysilvermanaz will moderate.
https://t.co/YO1N6gOlMl
As the #ADA turns 33, some people still struggle to find appropriate, safe homes. Join @publicintegrity on July 26 at 7 p.m. to discuss this issue with disability rights advocates. https://t.co/YO1N6gNNWN
“Let me paint you a picture of a child brimming with life, larger than life, who only wants to die.” Jane Ehrenfeld has written a gut-wrenching piece detailing her efforts to help her child in crisis. https://t.co/ebEJJuF548
My piece on addiction, disability, and the ADA is now up at @StateMindSlate. Thanks to the many experts who took the time to speak with me about this urgent topic.
https://t.co/E5QhqJuwuY
We need more Black mental healthcare workers. We need more healthcare workers, period, who have compassion & empathy for Black patients, rather than apathy and anger. Because the medical system is not safe for Black people. It never was. My new piece: https://t.co/5pZTuGmE6u
Over the last few years I've shadowed a half dozen public defenders for research for a forthcoming project. Three have since quit. All had felony caseloads several times greater than the maximum recommended by the ABA.
https://t.co/xDK2IIJyHX
Powerful op-ed by @FountainHouse Bronx member @ArvindSooknanan examining Mayor Adams’ new mental health directive and how it’s not only dehumanizing but will further criminalize mental illness.
Read the full piece in @StateMindSlate. https://t.co/tpNI2799bS
Of all the forms of violence, disappearances present the greatest challenges to mental health, according to a psychologist. By @tgsterling. In partnership with @palabranahj with support from @pulitzercenter https://t.co/NKuFpbYgJr
#ICYMI. I wrote about some of our cultural misconceptions surrounding #grief and how I'd internalized them, personally and professionally.
#touchingtwoworlds
https://t.co/x2T5Yt8Ahx via @slate
We get stuck in our grief, not just because we miss loved ones, but because loss makes it difficult to preserve relationships. https://t.co/kOqr2SKU8e by @SherryWalling
For @StateMindSlate, I wrote about Scott Panetti, whose 2007 Supreme Court case set the standard for incompetency for execution. Today, his lawyers are in court trying to prove—once again—that he meets that standard.
https://t.co/KLT8yQZTAA
.@RachelAviv's "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us" explores how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our experiences of it. https://t.co/C35A9lxG9R