Machines Like Us has an interesting article about how brains of people with schizophrenia try to heal damage caused by the disease.
Author Archives: Jennifer
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Today is the 20th annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Over one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. Persons with disabilities, “the world’s largest minority”, often face barriers to participation in all aspects of society. Barriers can take a variety of forms, including those […]
U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be found here. Currently, Republicans are trying to block the U.S. from adopting it.
Schizoaffective Disorder Fact Sheet
NAMI just put out a new fact sheet on Schizoaffective Disorder here.
Stigma and the Hidden Schizophrenia Epidemic
This is a very good article written by a person who cares for his son with schizophrenia. Most people with schizophrenia, I hear, are not open about having the illness. And close family members, too, tend to keep quiet about having a family member with schizophrenia. This article goes into why people keep silent about the […]