The Invisible Disability Association marked the third week in October as Invisible Disability Awareness week.
An invisible disability is a condition that affects your day-to-day life that isn’t outwardly obvious.Alberta social media accounts and share their stories of living with invisible illnesses such as EDS, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome , etc.“I share our journey, living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and multiple other like disorders for a few reasons,” said Kyrie.
“ raise the bar in awareness and advocacy of what’s going on for people that live with invisible disabilities.”Story continues below advertisementThe Invisible Disability Association is hosting a gala on Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. to help further raise awareness and give awards to outstanding people in the invisible disability community.
“When I realized that, it was kind of devastating, but also kind of shocking and exhilarating to know that I have lived what I say is a pretty full life.”“I went a long time with trying to hide my disability as much as I could. I was really nervous about people seeing me differently or thinking that it a weakness or an excuse or something,” said Pires. “Then finally got it out there publicly, and it felt so liberating.”“People are stronger and more resilient than they think they are.
Gregg McMeekin the Alberta Advocate for persons with disabilities says awareness weeks like this bring the opportunity for education and understanding. “It allows conversations to happen. There’s education involved. People should also know that it may be difficult to realize that someone has a disability and really it just brings about awareness and hopefully a change in society society’s attitudes toward disabilities in general. People with invisible disabilities are the same as everybody else.”She added that “family and friends of those with an invisible illness, believe them. Be willing to listen to them.
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