That's a first step to helping our friends and our loved ones and our colleagues, not by conflating their illness or condition with their identity, but by acknowledging it as just a part of their life story and then helping them confront it.
El primer paso para ayudar a nuestros amigos, seres queridos y colegas, no es mezclar su enfermedad o condición con su identidad, sino reconocerla como una parte más de su vida y ayudarlos a afrontarla.