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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Jeiri’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Jeiri Flores is a 30-year-old woman living in Western New York. She lives with Cerebral Palsy and Spastic Quadriplegia and serves her community as an advocate for herself and others

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Destiny’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Destiny is a 27 year old woman from Post Falls Idaho. During her adolescence, health and wellness professionals struggled to find explanations for different behaviors that Destiny would project.

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Erin’s Story | “All of Me”

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Erin Miller from Wisconsin discusses mental health and disabilities from multiple points of view, including her own. She breaks down how realizing the specific needs of each individual allows us to accurately provide care and...

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Lukas’ Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Lukas is a Cold War Veteran living in Hyden, Kentucky. In adolescence, he was falsely diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and Manic Depression. The resulting traumas left him with PTSD to confront throughout a childhood and...

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  • Mental Health

MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Max’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Max Wheeler is a 32 year-old man living in the Washington DC area. He was born in Paraguay, and later moved to the U.S. through adoption. Max has an uncommon disability and mental health diagnosis...

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Micah’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Micah Peace is a twenty-six year old autistic person from Louisville, KY. After receiving a false diagnosis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, they lived much of their childhood and adolescence confused about why pharmaceutical medications...

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Catherine’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Catherine is a full-time caregiver for her 33 year-old daughter with developmental disabilities. In this interview, she discusses many anecdotes and opinions she’s formed over the years.

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Tracy’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
racy Martin has been familiar with terms like dual-diagnosis, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia all his life. At a young age, he received these diagnoses and still deals with the ups and downs that accompany them...

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Amy’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Amy is a 48-year-old blog writer and self-advocate from California. She has multiple mental health diagnoses and has experienced many obstacles throughout life due to the stigma and misconceptions that take place in both the...

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MHDD Digital Storytelling Series: Melanie’s Story

  • July 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: Digital Storytelling, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Melanie Davis is a 35 year-old woman living with Cerebral Palsy from Omaha, Nebraska. She serves as a successful advocate to people with disabilities in her community, and is also a Political Science undergraduate student...

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