"They call it" ADHD ", I call it bad parents." "For me nervous disabled." "There is no such thing as a...
"They call it" ADHD ", I call it bad parents."
"For me nervous disabled."
"There is no such thing as a learning disability - people just need to work harder."
These are included in a campaign co-sponsored by the Council Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities (SCP) and better marketing launched no offense, but stigmatize people with disabilities only a small selection of the signals to Pennsylvania.
The campaign "We will think again", which was published by the state in the past month, it is provocative to use characters that awareness of the stigma living with an intellectual disability to get emotional, mental and physical, Executive Director environment, SCP Graham Mulholland told ABC News.
Think again leave The campaign was supported by a 2014 study inspired by the Consumers Association Pennsylvania Mental Health ", where 79 percent of residents surveyed said they felt" disabled at the discomfort and suffering. "
"It is difficult," Mulholland said campaign. "But we tried to work on the issue for several years, and we were not really go anywhere."
"The approach was to present [people with disabilities] look good or reaches or like ordinary people, and the change over the disabled person has always been. And we decided that the change of the viewer was and the general public. We want the public to educate about their own thoughts and feelings when they are near people with disabilities, "he added.
Think again leave Mulholland said the reaction of disability communities in the state "very positive." Has
"Some were a little apprehensive ... but after we explained what we were doing and why they do not understand why we chose to do it this way," he said.
Although the signaling can not be seen on the status, hopes the campaign conversation online continue on its website, LetsThinkAgain.org.
