This Week’s Links (weekly)
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Local DJ staying awake for a week to raise awareness about child abuse
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One in three Canadian adults has experienced child abuse: study
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Local DJ staying awake for a week to raise awareness about child abuse
tags: CA ChildAbuse
One in three Canadian adults has experienced child abuse: study
tags: CA ChildAbuse
Watch for signs to prevent child abuse
tags: CA ChildAbuse
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
But invisible? No. Mental illness can be seen if we, as a society, better educate ourselves on what to look for. This education will lead to understanding and both reduce stigma and save lives. It’s time we stop pretending mental illness is invisible and instead open our eyes. There’s a lot to think about in…
“The thing about getting out there though is that it requires you to be your own person, it requires you to rely on yourself for your needs which is a skill that’s valuable for anyone but especially valuable for people with mental illness.” This is something I have learned over the years as I have…
Stephen Meesham survived years of abuse in children’s care homes in Wales and already testified to these events before. What the public didn’t know at the time was that Meesham and other witnesses to the first set of public enquiries were censored and not allowed to discuss any acts of abuse that took place off-site…
Last night UK newspaper The Guardian filed an article about Rape and Abuse in the US Military, including two survivors talking in the newspaper’s online-only filmed video reports. 25 women and three men are suing the US Army in a lawsuit, which seems to be the general way to bring about change whenever the abuse…
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