Neuro-divergence, media and people of colour
A day in the life of a Mental Health Social Worker
I often get asked what I actually do on a daily basis
Stop saying mental illness causes gun violence
The mentally ill are not inherently violent- but guns are
Mental health issues are not personality traits
I’ve grown to think my depression is part of my personality – but that's not right.
Emotional labour is a significant part of the unpaid work ‘unemployed’ disabled women do
My ‘unemployment’ doesn’t mean that I don’t work – it means that I don’t get paid for the work that I do.
Special interests should be a source of celebration, not stigma
Special interests are good for autistic people- they make life in a world that is not made for us that bit more bearable.
This new anthology on BME mental health is looking for submissions
This anthology means staring those who oppose us in the face.
1 in 4: the perils of mental health statistics
There still isn’t a proper way of quantifying mental illness effectively: it is too personal, too complex, and too stigmatic a subject.
On World Cancer Day: Moving Past a Tragic Backstory
Though my cancer diagnosis was at the end of 2015, the psychological effects of the event are still omnipresent in my life.
