As a psychiatrist, I find that one of the hardest parts of my job is telling parents and their children that they are not to blame for their illness. Children with emotional and behavioral problems continue to suffer considerable stigma. Many in the medical community refer to them as “diagnostic and therapeutic orphans.” Unfortunately, for […]
When invading Russian troops advanced towards Kyiv and the first explosions rang out in the suburbs, Daria Zymenko took refuge in Gavronshchyna, her parents’ village near the Ukrainian capital. The Russians took control of Gavronshchyna soon after. One day several soldiers, drunk and armed, burst into the family’s home, saying that Zymenko, an illustrator, must […]
Manchester United goalkeeping legend Peter Schmeichel has just been fitted with his first hearing aids. And he wants everyone to hear about it. The 60-year-old Dane had a hearing test two years ago after seeing an ENT specialist about a separate problem, and reveals: “He did a hearing test and told me I was on […]
Despite programs to subsidize rental housing, low-income recipients often struggle to find a place as cost of living rises and landlords refuse Section 8 vouchers. The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency manages local housing voucher programs in Sacramento and the county and has 12 different wait lists for housing. Its Housing Choice Voucher program — […]
Stigma surrounding the death of Aberdeen church elder John Strachan was so severe that it forced his widow to emigrate. Having contracted HIV from one of his regular blood transfusions, the 44-year-old engineer died in October 1987. Almost four decades on – and ahead of the UK infected blood inquiry findings being published – his […]
Apr. 28—NEW LONDON — Catherine Galante, speaking to a crowd of hundreds who’d signed up Sunday for the Homeless Hospitality Center’s 17th annual Walk to End Homelessness, delivered the message that “there’s a lot of reasons people become homeless.” For Galante, currently staying in one of seven rooms in a respite area of the center, […]
Lynsi Snyder’s path to ownership of burger chain In-N-Out is scarred by family tragedy—and defined by the 41-year-old’s unwavering determination to ensure she’d earned her place in the business by gaining the respect of her peers. Snyder took on the top job at the West Coast chain aged 27 in 2010, leading the business founded by her […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead of the previous term “subnormal agglomerates” that was widely viewed as stigmatizing. Starting in the 1990s, the national statistics and geography institute, known by […]
Ivy Felicia has fond memories of spending time with family during the holiday season while growing up, as a table full of food brought the people closest to her together. But as she’s gotten older and is living as an adult in a plus-size body, the nature of that environment, for her, has changed. The […]
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. In November, the World Health Organization reported that mpox, also known as monkeypox, was being spread via sex in Congo for the first time. That is a […]
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Calling the latest wave of the nation’s drug crisis “a test of our national resolve,” Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie returned to a New Hampshire recovery center Wednesday to outline a people-focused, not punitive, policy plan. “This is a test to see who we want to be as both a people […]
After throwing a hot bowl of food into the face of a Chipotle employee, 39-year-old Rosemary Hayne of Parma, Ohio was given two choices in court: She could either go to jail for 90 days, or she could have her misdemeanor assault sentence reduced to 30 days in jail if she agreed to work an […]