Leslie Carpenter

That is exactly the question. That is the whole crux of the problem. It is a lot easier to advocate for little kids for anything that they need, whether it's autism or cancer or whatever it might be, right? It's a sympathetic group to advocate for. It is much harder to get people to care about people with severe mental illnesses And what it takes is sharing stories.

That is exactly the question. That is the whole crux of the problem. It is a lot easier to advocate for little kids for anything that they need, whether it's autism or cancer or whatever it might be, right? It's a sympathetic group to advocate for. It is much harder to get people to care about people with severe mental illnesses And what it takes is sharing stories.

It takes letting these people know that most of these people that are sick started out the same way that all of our kids did. They started out in normal families. Many of them were highly educated, highly talented kids who had an onset of a severe mental illness during their late teens and early 20s that came and robbed them of everything that they had before.

It takes letting these people know that most of these people that are sick started out the same way that all of our kids did. They started out in normal families. Many of them were highly educated, highly talented kids who had an onset of a severe mental illness during their late teens and early 20s that came and robbed them of everything that they had before.

It takes letting these people know that most of these people that are sick started out the same way that all of our kids did. They started out in normal families. Many of them were highly educated, highly talented kids who had an onset of a severe mental illness during their late teens and early 20s that came and robbed them of everything that they had before.

And your question about how do you get people to care if it doesn't personally affect them? That's a much bigger question, right? How do we get people to care about anything that doesn't affect them? That's part of our society today. It's harder to do that.

And your question about how do you get people to care if it doesn't personally affect them? That's a much bigger question, right? How do we get people to care about anything that doesn't affect them? That's part of our society today. It's harder to do that.

And your question about how do you get people to care if it doesn't personally affect them? That's a much bigger question, right? How do we get people to care about anything that doesn't affect them? That's part of our society today. It's harder to do that.

And the way that I think we need to approach it is to be constantly getting out there with the stories and constantly engaging on it at every single level. And I will tell you that when I attend events, legislative forums that are around mental health, and I'm sitting there next to somebody who is not personally affected, that gives me hope, right?

And the way that I think we need to approach it is to be constantly getting out there with the stories and constantly engaging on it at every single level. And I will tell you that when I attend events, legislative forums that are around mental health, and I'm sitting there next to somebody who is not personally affected, that gives me hope, right?

And the way that I think we need to approach it is to be constantly getting out there with the stories and constantly engaging on it at every single level. And I will tell you that when I attend events, legislative forums that are around mental health, and I'm sitting there next to somebody who is not personally affected, that gives me hope, right?

But we need a lot more of those people if we're really gonna create a social movement and get the change to happen.

But we need a lot more of those people if we're really gonna create a social movement and get the change to happen.

But we need a lot more of those people if we're really gonna create a social movement and get the change to happen.

And that brings up a very good point. There are people walking around with schizophrenia who are functioning quite well. And I'm so grateful for that. And we're very grateful when they bring their voices to the work. But those aren't the people that we're really needing to advocate for, right?

And that brings up a very good point. There are people walking around with schizophrenia who are functioning quite well. And I'm so grateful for that. And we're very grateful when they bring their voices to the work. But those aren't the people that we're really needing to advocate for, right?

And that brings up a very good point. There are people walking around with schizophrenia who are functioning quite well. And I'm so grateful for that. And we're very grateful when they bring their voices to the work. But those aren't the people that we're really needing to advocate for, right?

We're needing to advocate for the homeless guy down on the corner who's ranting at the birds and who doesn't have the right level of clothing on and is starving and is unable to take care of his own needs in any way.

We're needing to advocate for the homeless guy down on the corner who's ranting at the birds and who doesn't have the right level of clothing on and is starving and is unable to take care of his own needs in any way.

We're needing to advocate for the homeless guy down on the corner who's ranting at the birds and who doesn't have the right level of clothing on and is starving and is unable to take care of his own needs in any way.