Spread The Word

Words That Carry On works with others to amplify the messages and learning that come from our research and our engagement with lived experience experts.

There is still a lot of misunderstanding and stigma about a diagnosis of personality disorder or being autistic.

The immediate focus of our advocacy is to have these difficulties better understood. If you are interested in knowing more about the diagnosis, the I-RAP material is helpful and accessible here.

Following Words That Carry On on Bluesky and Twitter, and forwarding suitable posts to your networks helps.

Raising your experience of mental health, autism or personality disorder with friends, family and colleagues – when it’s OK to do so –  spreads awareness and understanding.

Feeding back and contributing to our thinking about the diagnosis of personality disorder, complex mental health issues and autism, would also really help us.

You can contact us at contact@wordsthatcarryon.org. We would be very happy to hear from anyone interested in supporting our advocacy, fundraising and outreach work.

Get involved in the Public Policy debate

As part of its review of the Mental Health Act England and Wales (MHA) the UK government published a White Paper in January 2021, containing its proposals for legislative changes.

The White Paper responds, among other things, to The Wessely Review which was set up to investigate the rising number of detentions under the Mental Health Act of people from Black and minority backgrounds.

The remit of the review required that it look at “processes that are out of step with a modern mental health care system”.

Words That Carry On responded to the consultation stressing the need for full recognition and use of lived experience expertise in research, policy and practice. We also emphasised the need to fully fund mental health and social care provision in the UK.

You can read our full response here.