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Default Oct 27, 2021 at 10:19 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Daffydungle View Post
Why do people see mental illness as less of a disability than physical?
I think it’s hard to understand how disabling mental illness can be if you or anyone you know don’t have it. Plus, it is seen as treatable–medication, therapy—whereas blind is blind and likely won’t change.

(I am not saying that I believe this, only that that’s what I think my students were thinking.)

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