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"I've written a lot of work for my courses about how my disability and illness impacts my study and how much ableism is rooted and originating IN the field I desire to go into." <- Can you share any of it, or parts of it, without invading your privacy? I can go off anon if needed. I've thought about the "how much ableism is rooted and originated in the medical field" a lot but because of my lack of formal education I've never held any weight to it, talked about it, or shared my thoughts with anyone especially to anyone actually within the medical field/school since I'm scared of being wrong, looking stupid & being laughed at so I'm pleasantly surprised to hear this confirmation that it's not all in my head or something. I'd be really interested in hearing about it. Also slightly unrelated but I think we as a society need more medical students with personal experience of mental illness/disability/etc because holy shit the fucking mindset of some medical students and professionals are so bizzare, ableist, dehumanizing, etc. I've met some who genuinely dont believe professionals are capable of making mistakes or capable of ableism or unintentional harm.
I absolutely agree with your mindset. My current psychology professor is calling for the official change of the term "abnormal psychology" in reference to mental illness; he wants it changed to "pathological psychology" as a more accurate descriptor rather than using a term that has extremely negative connotations. I shared a bit about the roots in ableism in another answer but I'd rather not share my coursework . . . . Oh goodness. I lost countless hours of sleep over them. But to summarize, they detailed the faults of the medical field and how ableism is infused in it from the birth of it. I talked about my own personal experiences with my disability, which is not often recognized as a disability by doctors, unfortunately, due to . . . . circumstances. But I assure you, it is one. Z z z z.
