Dating Site for Adults with Mental Illness Provides Greater Social Opportunities
Summary
The site is also giving away free lifetime memberships to the first 15,000 adults with mental illness who register a profile.“We think we can make a positive difference in people’s lives by providing social opportunities that might not otherwise be available and where discrimination won’t be an issue”, states Ms. Barrett.Members from the site have diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia to depression and live in all 50 states, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.In addition to chatting and sending internal messages to others with mental illness, members are now able to blog, make forum contributions, make friend requests, create photo albums, and have live private discussions through instant messaging.The World Health Organization has reported that many people who experience mental illness “are often subjected to social isolation, poor quality of life, and increased mortality.” Social Workers Liz Barrett and Mike Apgar, Co-Creators of TrueAcceptance.com, don’t believe this has to be the case.Members from the site have diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia to depression and live in all 50 states, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom.###