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When Internalized Ableism and Stigma Intersect

  • By: Amanda McDowell National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York State (NAMI-NYS)
  • July 13th, 2022
  • ableism, disability payments, disability rights, employment, internalized ableism, mental health stigma, PROS, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue
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In February of 2020, I received a letter from the government that I had been approved for disability payments. According to their records, I had been disabled with incapacitating, treatment-resistant depression since November of 2017. The Social Security Administration’s definition of disability...

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