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[deletes rambling] I'm writing a post/topic using depression spectrum*, rather then depression. And explaining why I'm making that choice universally would be really long, *and* change the focus of the -ism topic I'm writing about. Is there any problems with my short, condensed explanation of the s...

Hello Terytha, We'd be happy to provide a clarification! Here's the deal. People who are in a situation where they need medical attention or worry about needing medical attention are very vulnerable. For this reason we take the ban on medical advice very seriously and we have a strict interpretation...

Thank you Lirael! This is some magnificent work you've put in! I will make sure to update this to the resource post this weekend at the latest. :)

Lirael, you can post them here :)

I think you can go ahead and make them their own post, if we get more resources for these sub-headings down the road we can easily add them in the appropriate post.

Wow! I am impressed Lirael. Thank you so much! Regarding the max. amount of URL's here's what we can do. We make each sub-heading it's own post and then we can link to that particular post from the first post. If you like the idea you can just repost each sub-heading in a separate post with the link...

Hi Lirael!

That is very kind of you to offer. If you have a list of resources you'd think be appropriate you can post them here and we'll have a look at it, does that sound good?

Hey Jane, thanks for asking! The intent is probably to do both to a certain extent. It's going to be a body of text which will reference and quote from other sources and also hopefully point to resources for further reading.

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Hey folks! Due to the turn the conversation is taking I'm moving this thread to administrivia. It's always okay to ask about the rules or discuss them.

Hello FOCA community! In our quest to keep this community open and welcoming to as many people as possible we are hoping to compile a master post on ablism. As admins we have noticed that one of the more frequent types of rule-breaking has to do with ablism of different types. It can be that people ...

Hi DibberTheTroll, That is correct. Editing time for posts is currently unlimited but you cannot delete a thread others have already responded to. If you would like to have a thread removed you can always report the thread or PM an admin about it. Also, thanks for pointing out that isn't in the FAQ'...