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Fighting the Stigma

Fighting the Stigma. HIV/AIDS in the Workplace Jasmine Miller, DC ‘17. AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc (1986). AIDS causes blindness. Stigma of HIV/ AIDs in the workplace Termination, lack of insurance, etc Misleading info dangerous to everyone.

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Fighting the Stigma

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  1. Fighting the Stigma HIV/AIDS in the Workplace Jasmine Miller, DC ‘17

  2. AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc (1986)

  3. AIDS causes blindness. • Stigma of HIV/AIDs in the workplace • Termination, lack of insurance, etc • Misleading info dangerous to everyone • Physical blindness in those w/HIV/AIDS • Emotional/mental blindness in others who feared/ostracized those w/disease

  4. Framing of a Disease • Initially seen as disease of the “other” • Dehumanizing • Shifts responsibility to those with the disease • Sufferers seen as dirty, contaminated • The person is not the disease • Suppress judgment in order to recognize humanity • Provide more accurate information on how the disease is contracted • Make HIV/AIDS okay to discuss in public/workplace/etc

  5. Source information • Photograph: "Visual Culture - HIV/AIDS - Solidarity and Human Rights." U.S National Library of Medicine. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 08 Sept. 2011. Web. 24 Sept. 2014. • Photograph reposted by the U.S. NLM with permission from the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc

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