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My mum has several mental illnesses and she has experience this prejudice from those closest to her. It is because mental illness cant be seen and thus is easily ignored. If someone is in a wheelchair we can say they cant walk and there is nothing they can do about that. If someone has acute depression the usuall response is "Snap out of it". It is ignorance on the part of mainstream society. Mental illness is a greater disability than physical disability as there is very little societal support for it. People will always help someone in a wheelchair. People who are too depressed to get out of bed are forgotten about.
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