The biggest problem I see with the this type of offering on a corporate level is that it is more of a "marketing" strategy then it is an acutal offering.
The public eye sees you as being a giving and moral corporation, to offer such a thing.
To the little guy like me, it simply means the competition will squash me before I have a chance.
Even if I get past the initial "approval round" when it is all said and done, it works much better for a corporation, to focus their efforts on a business that is owned by a woman, person in a wheelchair, or minority owned.
The public eye would scrutinize and judge the business for making such a poor decision to utilize an "insane" owned and operated business.
So why would I even focus my efforts on this level?
I will give you a very simple answer to this question. Because I can.
I would rather live on the streets living out of garbage cans, then to do business with any organization that despises me because I have a disability that is beyond my control.
I am not ashamed that I have a mental illness, although it is difficult to openly admit this to anyone who might have a "pre-conceived" idea of what it is and who I am.
We live in a society where it is openly and widely accepted that mental illness discrimination is appropriate and correct. Society is convinced on such a level of this that they are biased and blind to how this affects those afflicted by this disease.
Their are laws that protect people from racism, terrorism, discrimination, and such.
A system that encourages discrimination will most certainly not convict or press the issue of discrimination, by any means.
Since the change to my website where I disclose I am mentally ill openly, business requests have plummeted. The really strange thing is that traffic has quadrupled.
Entertainment has a value.
Values also is a man that will stand atop his morals and convictions, even if he stands alone.
I am a nobody, I am societies "MADMAN", yet I will succeed.
