Hearts of Glass

a film by JenTen Productions

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

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Square graphic with light green background and narrow dark gray bars on the left and right. Outline of a flower with eight petals. There’s large white text in the center of the flower — “Mental health can’t wait.” In the top left corner, there’s a small white logo for Mental Health America. In the top right corner, there’s small white text — “Turn Awareness into Action.” Toward the bottom of the graphic, in small white text — “Celebrate Mental Health Month and explore more resources at mhanational.org/may”Turn Awareness Into Action is the theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Month. According to an article by the Clinical Director of the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (IOD), “One in five people in the US experience a mental health issue each year – no one is immune to this. This includes people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD).” Here’s a short article with frequently asked questions and other resources — Remember, we’re all in this together!