In a society in which mental health education is scarce, and we've just barely begun discussing the issue publicly—and in which a person's fluctuating state of mind is often on display on social media—it's an increasingly …
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Magaret, David and a Handy Hollow Leg
Margaret and I kept crossing paths. By chance, I found a seat next to her at the Garden Writers Association luncheon at Canada Blooms last March. As we nibbled away at our plates of assorted sandwiches and cold salads, Margaret and I chatted. There was something so familiar and comfortable about thi …
Ana's story: fighting for disability rights in Croatia | openDemocracy
Ana is among 18,000 people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities placed under guardianship in Croatia, and stripped of their legal capacity – the right to make basic decisions – to marry and form a family, to consent to …