#WhatWENeed The Department of Disability Studies at the University of Kelaniya, along with The Spectrum, hosted “A Conversation on Mental Health and Wellbeing” on 23rd October as part of the 2019 #WhatWENeed campaign. 63 people participated in this event which was aimed at university students and staff. The Spectrum is a peer driven organization in […]
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As part of the campaign, Bhor Foundation organised a walk for inclusion and neurodiversity on the 19th of October 2019. The community walk with around 30 people celebrated neurodiversity and advocated for an inclusive community across gender, class and neurodiverse sterotypes, taking care of themselves through interaction, art and holistic yoga. \”Bhor Foundation” works in
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Finally, the identities of constituencies represented in these conversations have been diverse, including persons with psychosocial disabilities, users and survivors of psychiatry, ex-users of psychiatry, persons with \”mad\” identities, people who hear voices, etc. Is it one movement or many movements? Is there a cultural divide in advocacy and voices of representation? It is clear
