I originally contacted David Oaks, Director of Mind Freedom International (MFI), to learn about the 
rationale for his organization’s adoption of the term ‘mad’ - as used, for example, in their Mad Pride 
campaign, an annual celebration of the struggles and triumphs of people who live with “mental 
illness” or who have come up against the mental health industry.

Because I’d mentioned a concern about accepting any sort of labelling, Oaks sent me a link to his 
essay “Let’s find language more inclusive than the phrase ‘mentally ill’.”

This is a response to that essay....

http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/2008/07/not-mad-about-mad-response-to-
david.html OR http://tinyurl.com/69gqe3

Ocean 

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Personal Blog: Challenging the Commonplace - and other irreverent activities
http://challengingthecommonplace.blogspot.com/

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