SOCWORK 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Mad Pride, Ableism, Acronym
5 Feb 2017
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Re-thinking help and doing help differently in mental health and mad communities. The conversion of social problems into health problems. Ex: peer pressure creates stress which could result in feeling nauseous. Used to categorize a range of phenomena (e. g. violence, extremity, creativity, excellence, chaos) Laws, policies, attitudes, words and actions that privilege the able bodied and disadvantage people with disabilities. A(cid:271)leis(cid:373) ste(cid:373)s fro(cid:373) the prejudi(cid:272)e that disa(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) is a (cid:862)defe(cid:272)t(cid:863) that re(cid:374)ders the (cid:271)earers less capable than their able-bodied counterparts of contribution to society and participating as full citizens. The systematic subjugation of people who have received mental health diagnoses or treatments. May result in various forms of stigma, discrimination, and a host of micro aggressions. A term that has been reclaimed by people who have been pathologized and psychiatrized as mentally ill. Way to taking back language used to oppress. To restore dignity and pride to difference. A social category that defines our identity and experiences.
