12 Mar Invisible Disabilities
in·vis·i·ble dis·a·bil·i·ty
/inˈvizəb(ə)l/ /disəˈbilədē/
noun
Why should you care about INVISIBLE DISABILITIES?
When you see someone in a wheelchair, with a hearing aid or a white cane it is easy to identify their disability and know what difficulties they may face. However, there is a whole range of invisible disabilities that can influence people’s behaviours, mobility or ability to communicate.
In today’s fast moving world we should be more tolerant, realise that the person irritating you by walking too slow or child throwing a tantrum may have an invisible disability. We should all #stopstaringstartcaring.
Invisible Disabilities:
- Anxiety disorders
- Allergies
- Arachnoiditis
- Asperger Syndrome
- Asthma
- Autism
- Bipolar disorder
- Brain injuries
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Chronic pain
- Circadian rhythm sleep disorders
- Coeliac Disease
- Crohn’s disease
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
- Epilepsy
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- Fibromyalgia
- Food allergies
- Fructose malabsorption
- Hereditary Fructose Intolerance
- Hyperhidrosis
- Hypoglycemia
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Interstitial cystitis
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lactose Intolerance
- Lupus
- Lyme Disease
- Major depression
- Metabolic syndrome
- Migraines
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Narcolepsy
- Personality disorders
- Primary immunodeficiency
- Psychiatric disabilities
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Schnitzler’s Syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Scleroderma
- Sjögren’s Syndrome
- Spinal Disorders
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Transverse Myelitis
- Ulcerative Colitis
Just because a person has a disability, does not mean they are disabled.
Source: disabled-world.com
