In record numbers, young people are worried about their mental well-being: The mental health crisis has many root causes: the pandemic, student loan debt, gun violence, climate change, a recent reversal of social progress made over the last half-century. And, of course, the ever-growing presence of technology in our lives.

Given the current problem with the rise of victimhood culture, which assigns superior status to marginalized identities,26 there may be an increased temptation to become more rather than less disabled and to focus overwhelmingly on one’s disability. This is particularly troubling if people can self-identify as disabled without a professional diagno

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