MOUTH MAGAZINE
Mouth was known for laying it on the line. This cartoon of a man speaking at a podium, caption reads “And so, in this Decade of the Brain, our challenge will be to help people stop helping themselves.” could represent drug companies creating patients, sometimes called “disease mongering.” By pushing drugs to cure things that may just be normal life experiences, they create lifelong consumers of their products. They create a medical problem out of an ordinary ailment that could be addressed with exercise, diet, and increasing social involvement. You can protect yourself by seeking independent information instead of corporate provided information.
UPCOMING EVENTS JUST FOR YOU!
NAMI WALKS!
October 4th, 2025 9:30 – 12:00 pm
McEuen Park, 402 E Front Ave, Coeur d’Alene
Join us, so that we can join you and be empowered by your personal mission. NAMI needs NAMIWalks to continue their support of people who count on them to keep going in their lives: the free, top-rated programs, the friendly and focused guidance, and the awareness they spread in our community and around the country.
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POETRY CORNER
Disabled Country (n.d.)
by Neil Marcus
If there was a country called disabled, I would be from there.
I live disabled culture, eat disabled food, make disabled love,
cry disabled tears, climb disabled mountains and tell disabled stories.
If there was a country called disabled,
Then I am one of its citizens. I came there at age 8. I tried to leave.
Was encouraged by doctores to leave. I tried to surgically remove myself from disabled country but found myself, in the end, staying and living there.
If there was a country called disabled,
I would always have to remind myself that I am from there. I often want to forget. I would have to remember …to remember.
In my life’s journey I am making myself
At home in my country.
QUOTES TO MAKE YOU THINK
“Deafness does not prevent people from being successful — discrimination is the main barrier we face.”
~ Sheryl Emery, 64, is deaf. She is President of National Black Deaf Advocates.