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Saturday, May 09, 2009

"Mad Pride"

I hadn't heard of this movement until I read this excellent article in Newsweek and I was fascinated (for obvious reasons):

Hall and Icarus are not alone in asking these questions. They are part of a new generation of activists trying to change the treatment and stigma attached to mental illness. Welcome to Mad Pride, a budding grassroots movement, where people who have been defined as mentally ill reframe their conditions and celebrate unusual (some call them "spectacular") ways of processing information and emotion.

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