Children with skin diseases suffer stigma, bullying and depression
May 17, 2024
May 17, 2024
EVANSTON, Illinois, May 17 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release:
When someone walks briskly past David Artz, 16, on the sidewalk, he immediately thinks they are trying to get away from him. This is how his young mind works. He has a chronic skin disease that makes his skin red, scaly and rough. He has alopecia and is bald.
David has grown up feeling stigmatized and teased--someone to be avoided because he might be "contagious.
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When someone walks briskly past David Artz, 16, on the sidewalk, he immediately thinks they are trying to get away from him. This is how his young mind works. He has a chronic skin disease that makes his skin red, scaly and rough. He has alopecia and is bald.
David has grown up feeling stigmatized and teased--someone to be avoided because he might be "contagious.
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