Navigating the world with a less immediately obvious or visible disability often means advocating for yourself, educating others, and learning as you go. The world wasn’t designed for disabled people, ...
Discussion about invisible disabilities is incredibly important for improving the lives of those who have them. The challenges of an invisible disability go beyond the effects of the disability itself ...
As I write this, bolts of electric pain shimmer down my right leg and up toward my shoulder as my joints throb in time with my heart. Every time I stand, my vision kaleidoscopes to black and back ...
An invisible disability is not a Marvel Universe superhero power, although many people with invisible disabilities feel pretty unseen by the rest of the population. It is a term used to describe the ...
Living with a less immediately visible or less widely understood disability can often be lonely, in part because our friends and family members don’t always know what our experience of the world is ...
In helping people return to the workforce, I have experienced a variety of individuals with invisible disabilities. When they do return to work through Social Security’s Ticket to Work (TTW) Program, ...
As I write this, bolts of electric pain shimmer down my right leg and up toward my shoulder as my joints throb in time with my heart. Every time I stand, my vision kaleidoscopes to black and back ...
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Ableism: Challenging assumptions about disability

Ableism often arises from assumptions about what disability “looks like.” Seeing someone pushing a wheelchair instead of sitting in it might lead others to assume there is nothing wrong with the ...
The reservoir where I walk my dog each day is like the watercooler at work. People from all walks of life—electricians, postal workers, scientists, doctors, and investors—stop to chat about the ...