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DisabilityRadar.com Provides Resources to Prevent Mental Illness Discrimination

It’s wrong to treat someone like they are dangerous, incapable, or undesirable simply because they seem to have a disabling physical or mental impairment. Yet sometimes professionals are taught “radar”-like techniques to try to “spot” people with disabling mental health conditions – and then target them for disparate treatment.

DisabilityRadar.com was created by MH Mediate’s Mental Health Safe Project (MH Safe), to provide resources so people can learn ways to stop these prejudices.

Below are some examples of organizations that removed “radar” policies or publications following MH Safe outreach:

Below are some examples of publications co-authored or authored by MH Safe:

publications employee relations law journal

Below are some free, grant- or government-funded resources, produced by MH Safe:

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Free Help

This form will reach MH Mediate’s Mental Health Safe Project, a free advocacy service that helps people who may be experiencing mental illness stigma and discrimination

Report Type

Select the type of issue you want to report. If more than one happened, please fill out multiple reports or choose the one you believe is most important.

Screening

Different Communication

Other Disparate Treatment

Privacy Invasions

Inaccessibilities

Inappropriate Comments

Other

Description of Incident

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Organization Being Reported

Please specify the organization involved in this issue including a way to contact them.. The Mental Health Safe Project will give them free resources related to the problem.

Policies, Publications, or Records

A lot of disability discrimination goes unsaid or happens between the lines, but because many people do not realize it is a problem to mistreat someone with a psychiatric or other disability, there are many times the practice is documented in written communication, publications, training material, and policies (both informal and formal). If you have any of this material you can share or link to, please do so in the space below.

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