MAD World Community & Site Rules

Welcome to MAD World. This is a space for honest stories, helpful resources, caregiver support, and respectful conversation about Early Onset Alzheimer’s and dementia.

To help keep this community safe and supportive, please follow these rules:

1. Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

Do not copy, reproduce, republish, sell, distribute, or use any blog posts, downloads, checklists, graphics, personal stories, or other materials from this site without prior written permission.

When permission is granted, proper credit and a link back to MAD World are required.

2. Do Not Sell or Misuse Information

Materials shared here are intended to help caregivers and families.

They may not be:

• Resold

• Packaged into paid products

• Used for commercial training

• Uploaded to other websites

• Claimed as someone else’s work

• Used to collect, scrape, or misuse personal information

3. No Offensive or Harmful Content

Comments or messages containing harassment, threats, hate speech, cruelty, discrimination, graphic content, or personal attacks will be removed.

Disagreement is allowed.

Disrespect is not.

4. No Copyright Infringement

Do not post, upload, or share copyrighted materials that you do not have permission to use.

This includes articles, photographs, graphics, books, worksheets, videos, music, and other protected content.

5. No Spam or Advertising

Do not use this site to:

• Promote products or services

• Post affiliate links

• Recruit clients

• Solicit donations

• Share repetitive promotional messages

• Send unsolicited private messages

Helpful resource recommendations may be allowed when they are relevant, transparent, and not promotional.

6. Protect Privacy

Do not share another person’s medical, financial, legal, or identifying information without their permission.

Please remember that public comments may be seen and shared by others.

7. Medical and Legal Advice

This community is for shared experience and support.

Do not present yourself as a medical, legal, financial, or mental health professional unless you are properly licensed and clearly identify your credentials.

Personal experience should not be presented as professional advice.

8. Admin Decisions Are Final

The site administrator may edit, remove, restrict, or block content or users when necessary to protect the community.

Administrative decisions are final.

9. Please Be Kind

Caregiving is hard enough.

Speak with compassion.

Assume people are doing the best they can.

Offer support without judgment.

You never know what someone else is carrying.

By using this site or participating in its community, you agree to follow these rules.