Tag: hidden disabilities
My disability exists even if you can’t see it
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Understand that just because you can’t see a disability, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. Just because someone looks well on the outside, doesn’t mean that they are. Just because they’re working doesn’t mean it’s not ‘that’ bad. You don’t know the sacrifices and efforts people make to get through…
Then & now: navigating fibromyalgia in the digital age
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The lack of information was in fact one of the biggest challenges I had to confront. I was at war with an enemy I didn’t know.
5 misconceptions about invisible disabilities
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The world of invisible disabilities is damn hard place to live in. Aside from being fraught with all the usual problems people with visible disabilities face, we have added issues that often centre on a lack of understanding and societal disbelief towards illness that can’t be seen.
Hiding hidden disabilities
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I’d just rushed into the lift with a heavy sigh. Yes! (I wanted to do a fist-pump). No climbing three flights of stairs, otherwise known as Mount Kilimanjaro if like me you live with a painful chronic condition like fibromyalgia.
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