Disabilities & Secondary Disabilities

Disabilities

1. A physical or mental condition that limits a person's movements, senses, or activities
   
2. A disadvantage or handicap, esp. one imposed or recognized by the law
   • - he had to quit his job and go on disability

Secondary Disabilities

A physical or mental condition, impairment or disease that contributes to, but is not the major basis of independent living or vocational limitation(s). Some secondary disabilities, like depression, can also be classified as a main disability.

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Mental Illness

The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework.

We are a network of people living with and/or affected by experiences that are often diagnosed and labeled as psychiatric conditions. We believe these experiences are mad gifts needing cultivation and care, rather than diseases or disorders. By joining together as individuals and as a community, the intertwined threads of madness, creativity, and collaboration can inspire hope and transformation in an oppressive and damaged world. Participation in The Icarus Project helps us overcome alienation and tap into the true potential that lies between brilliance and madness.

Hoarding -

• Fact Sheet for Older Adults
• Animal Hoarding
• Chronically Disorganized
• Adult Children of Compulsive Hoarders

Depression -

• Online Self Test for Depression
• Basic Information from WebMD

Autism

Autistics.org is one of the oldest websites by and for autistic people.

If you want to understand more about us, read the ground rules. And if you want to contact us, use the sitewide contact form, or the "feedback" widget in the right hand corner of every page.

Anxiety -

• Anxiety Self-Test
• Basic Information from WebMD

Obesity -

• The Obesity Society
• Kids and Obesity
• Obesity-Depression Link
• Psychology of Obesity-Depression