Is there someone in the closet?
Harry Potter’s “No one deserves to live in a closet” talks about the homosexuals and social stigma. Dave Mowry relates similarly about “Stepping Out Of The Mental Health ‘Closet’.”
Then I got sick. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. My life changed. people looked at me differently. Stop inviting me for coffee and other activities. - Dave Mowry
Stigma affects many people with AIDs, autism, mental disorders, homosexuality, and now, recovered COVID-19. It threatens to imprison them in ‘closets’.
Education and destigmatizing for better societal acceptance are important.
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Chen Song Ping 
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Education, awareness and advocacy are so important in helping minimize stigma. Sadly, misinformation is rampant now and used as a tool to spread further hate and prejudice.
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Education and awareness raising for sure are so important. Especially in this age where we are so divided by the Internet and along political lines. 🙏
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No one has the right to put another person into the closet for their disability
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That’s so true. It;s so easy to develop prejudice. Covid19 has made everything worse.
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For COVID-19, it is about social distancing and not social isolation. Public needs education. 😐🙏🙏🙏
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