For many people, coming to terms with chronic illness feels impossible. What if psychology could make meaning of the loss?
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This debilitating brain disease is rare. But its early symptoms are often mistaken for anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue or dementia.
A growing body of scientific evidence shows myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome – or ME/CFS – is a biological illness, not a psychological one.
Many people with disabilities in Canada still face systemic barriers. Governments must take action to reduce inequities.
Ubuntu is a concept that emphasises the importance of including everyone and building a strong community.
Abuses of disability diagnoses cheat students with disabilities who are now more likely to face skepticism about their diagnoses.
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Professor in Public Policy and Society, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University
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Associate Professor of Psychology and Clinical Director, Regional Assessment & Resource Centre, Queen's University, Ontario
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Tracey Banivanua Mar Senior Research Fellow in Cell and Molecular Biology, La Trobe University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Monash University
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Doctoral candidate and private practice therapist, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba