(S8) - Weekend PT 5 - Advertising Opportunity

[RedCydranth]

The American Psychology Association has decided to advertise that having diseases like Depression, Bi-Polar disorder and various forms of Asperger's and Autism isn't a reason to look down on people. They've decided to gather celebrities, musicians and athletes from across the country to speak out against those who mistreat and discriminate those who suffer from these conditions. Marc Spector was one of these athletes and he did a PSA along side Courtney Love, Dan Aykroyd, Terry Bradshaw, Mariah Carey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Phelps, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kristen Bell. Each of these celebrities suffers from one of these conditions and does not allow it to prevent them from doing what they dream. These are diseases, but not defining traits. It is long overdue for the mental health indusrty to stand up and put out awareness that these conditions are real, affect people you never think would, and that it is never okay to look down on someone for having these illnesses. Ever.

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