article_snippet.sent: A Tory parliamentary candidate has sparked outrage after claiming mental health patients should wear coloured wristbands to flag up mental health patients conditions.
article_snippet.sent: Chamali Fernando said wearing wristbands indicating a person's condition would help doctors, lawyers and police officers – because people suffering mental illnesses often struggled to explain people suffering mental illnesses.
article_snippet.sent: Carrying some kind of identification shows people have a particular condition so allowances can be made. '
article_snippet.sent: There are also different ways of doing this without stigmatising the person, such as carrying a card with details of the condition but in some cases by wearing a coloured wristband.'
article_snippet.sent: Silly ideas like making people suffering from mental health issues wear wristbands would only increase the discrimination and stigma around mental health, rather than end it.'
article_snippet.sent: There is already far too much discrimination against mental health throughout our society, and a wristband saying 'I am depressed' is not going to help. '
article_snippet.sent: The Conservative candidate insisted Political blogger Richard Taylor remarks were 'distorted', adding: 'It was not that they should wear a wristband.
article_snippet.sent: At Cambridge National Autistic Hustings the chairman of CNAS said the chairman of CNAS carries a green card in the chairman of CNAS wallet to identify the chairman of CNAS condition. '
article_snippet.sent: It was not that people who have come into contact with the police and due to an underlying mental health condition should wear a wristband.
highlights_snippet.sent: Chamali Fernando claimed wearing wristbands could help doctors, lawyers and police .
  