First Steps to Fighting Sanism and Mental Stigma

LAUREN E. THREATTE
12 min readJun 29, 2020

Most of us know someone with a mental illness and we know it can be a very difficult issue to discuss and a difficult cause to advocate for. What we don’t always know is WHY it is so difficult or what we can do or say to make it easier. Let us begin by understanding a crucial concept called sanism.

Before delving into a “to do” list of steps, (following the title of this article)…

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LAUREN E. THREATTE

Lawyer, Institutional DEI Consultant, PhD Candidate in Social Policy and Critical Theorist & Scholar