Disability Justice activists Lani Parker and Dzifa Afonu discuss the skills and wisdom that disabled people bring to surviving and thriving during the pandemic and beyond. They draw on their own experiences to share simple, helpful practices and tools.
The full transcript is available via our website: healingjusticeldn.org/through-the-portal/
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Skills & Wisdom of Disabled People: Covid-19 & Beyond is part of Through the Portal: Healing Justice Beyond Pandemic - a community-led public health programme through a disability justice and anti-oppression lens. The programme was launched by Healing Justice Ldn in response to the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on communities that are marginalised.
Akiko Hart, CEO of the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), shares user-led mental health initiatives and key learnings from the pandemic period in conversation with researcher China Mills. In response to Covid-19, NSUN launched a fund for user-led groups, supporting diverse and self-directed approaches to community mental health.
The full transcript is available via our website: healingjusticeldn.org/through-the-portal/
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Lived-Experience Mental Health in Times of Covid-19 is part of Through the Portal: Healing Justice Beyond Pandemic - a community-led public health programme through a disability justice and anti-oppression lens. The programme was launched by Healing Justice Ldn in response to the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on communities that are marginalised.