Society
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The thing that I think is most difficult to understand is the permanence of pain, to picture its entirety, it is a constant, throughout every moment, every instant of one’s life. Pain does not go away, it increases and decreases but never goes away completely, it is there in happy times, at times when you…
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The self cannot be disabled because disability is something someone has. They may take it on board, the may make it a part of them and even wish for it to not change, yet, there is a separation between the disability and the self. Society fails its individuals, generally and across the board. Specifically, in…
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A guide for media professionals about adopted children If you pay attention, you will notice that adoption features in media (music, TV, movies..) a lot. In dramatic storylines it is used as the ultimate ‘other’. Someone with a complex unknown past, unresolved traumatic experiences but ultimately treated superficially, full of cliches, misconceptions and generalisations. In…
