I think yes.
Liberalism is all about collective interest, Fairness and equality and they want to help the people. Seeing as 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental illness in some form in their life, and the other 4 know or will know of someone who has one. (health Canada) Chances are there will be many people who need the care that liberalism is in favour for. Like their free health care for instance, which everyone is entitled to, This will benefit all people suffering from a mental illness that would need to go get therapeutic help, or any type of medical help of that matter.
Say for instance you have a mental illness that limits the amount of jobs you can have, instead of using up all your money trying to survive while looking for a job, then being forced into poverty because of something that's out of your control, you are able to go on welfare to support yourself while you continue to search for a job. That's something liberalism also is in favour for.
I believe that liberalism should be more for having certain regulations an employer should have for have an amount of mentally ill people working for them. Even though liberalism says it's about fairness and equality, people with mental illness still get left out in any case. I think it has part to do with one problem of having collective interest, people putting their input and giving feedback to the government usually don't mention anything about having programs/rules/funding for people with mental illnesses because it usually doesn't pertain to them. We say we agree with equality for people with mental illnesses be we don't take too much time or effort to do anything about it. So I say yes liberalism is good because it's like a safety net in a sense and everybody get a piece of what they wanted.
-Alicia B
References
Mullay, B. (2007). The New Structural Social Work (3rd Ed).New York, NY: Oxford University press.
Good job Alicia! I say yes too! Liberalism is the type of thing that people suffering from mental illnesses need. Liberalism provides the freedom and equality that some may not have the privilege to get otherwise.
ReplyDelete-Nicole (Nikki) S.
I agree with your post Alicia. The liberal stance on mental illness is a good one, which does allow opportunities for people with the illness. I like the point you made about people with mental illness being underrepresented with regards to having an influence on policy, it's an issue that needs to be looked at more.
ReplyDeleteKirsten