Tag: autism
Creativity and Mental Illness – An Exercise in Clarification
The ‘tortured genius’ and ‘mad artist’ stereotypes that are so frequently deployed are both false and unhelpful and only serve to obscure the complexity of the issue.
Recognising people with learning disabilities on World Mental Health Day
We have been looking at the impact of mainstream mental health on people with learning disabilities.
Hitting the road – delivering training around employing people with learning disabilities
We know that 65% of people with a learning disability want to find paid work, yet despite this only 6% are in employment.
National training for Employment Tribunal Judges comes to an end
The Judges are one of the most inquisitive and interested groups of people I have worked with – let’s hope more people follow their lead and take the necessary steps to adapt their services to respond to the needs of all members of society.
How the misuse and misinterpretation of language in society can cultivate stigma
A word referring to a disability or mental health condition applied to mean something unpleasant or abusive further promotes the stigma and discrimination that many people are unacceptably subjected to in their everyday lives.
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