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Human

Mad in America

He said that I had to be taken to my local hospital immediately because I was a danger to myself and others. I had been witch-hunted in 2021. At my local hospital, the nurses treated me like a criminal. Slamming me onto the hospital bed, two policemen manually restrained my wrists to the unforgiving frame with metal handcuffs.

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Giving Caregivers a Platform: Sherita, Mother of Tony

Mad in America

During his last year of college, Tony was prescribed medications for obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety, just as many others on the autism spectrum are prescribed multiple drugs that only contribute to their distress. I asked her how she did it while he was in the hospital. Do you believe race played a role?