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Invisible disabilities affect millions. Prevention’s new series, released during Invisible Disabilities Week, spotlights the diverse community living with unseen conditions.
Invisible disabilities and chronic illnesses present an additional challenge for many, because they don’t follow the “get sick, get treatment, get better” redemption arc that acute illnesses ...
NCW 2025 is taking place from Monday 17 March - Sunday 23 March. It aims to transform how neurodivergent individuals are perceived and supported by providing schools, universities, and organisations with the opportunity to recognise the many talents and advantages of being neurodivergent, while creating more inclusive and equitable cultures ...
This includes conditions like diabetes, vision or hearing problems, and chronic pain. There are also things like autoimmune diseases, developmental conditions — like autism spectrum disorder ...
Invisible disabilities, also known as hidden disabilities or non-visible disabilities (NVDs), are disabilities that are not immediately apparent. They are typically chronic illnesses and conditions that significantly impair normal activities of daily living .
Naomi Chainey has described how the term has also spread to use by some in the wider disability community, and how eventually the non-disabled community tried to appropriate it for other uses, to refer to non-chronic forms of fatigue and mental exhaustion – which she attributes to people with invisible disabilities being a sometimes ...
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In July 2023, Brazil sanctioned Law No. 14,624, which recognizes the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower as the national symbol for hidden disabilities. [7] This law amends the Brazilian Law for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (13.146/15) to provide for the use of the Sunflower lanyard by people with hidden disabilities. [8] [9]