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An incredibly important read on inclusive workplace design

"Inclusivity begins with the basics of workplace design. (...) Before you talk about “next-gen workplace experience,” ask yourself: can everyone see, hear, move, breathe and focus here without struggle?"

https://www.leesmanindex.com/articles/parallel-realities/

#workplaceDesign #Architecture #inclusion #InclusiveDesign #invisibleDisability #disability

The cost of chronic illness isn’t always medical bills. Sometimes it’s not being believed- even by those you trust. Invisible seizures, unseen pain, disbelief that bruises the soul. 🖤
🔗 https://linktr.ee/skylanarissa
#ChronicIllness #InvisibleDisability #ServiceDog #MedicalGaslighting

https://dreamingofdragonscom.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/the-cost-of-not-being-believed/

Blue Badge* Myths – Busted

*a blue badge is what a disabled parking badge/permit is called in the UK

https://x.com/DRDisabilityReb/status/2003444813694116345?s=20

#Disabled #Disability #Hiddendisability #Invisibledisability #chronicillness #hiddenillness #invisibleillness #Spoonie
@mecfs
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #POTS @pots

Disability Rebellion
@DRDisabilityReb
🛑 Blue Badge Myths – Busted ♿🚗

Disabled people are facing increasing harassment for using Blue Badges. Let’s get the facts straight.

🔴 Myth 1: “You don’t look disabled.”

✅ Fact: There is no such thing as a disabled ‘look’. Many disabilities are invisible, fluctuating, or not obvious to strangers.

🔴 Myth 2: “Blue Badges are only for wheelchair users.”

✅ Fact: Blue Badges are for people whose disabilities affect mobility, pain, fatigue, breath, balance, safety, or ability to walk distances — not just wheelchair users.

🔴 Myth 3: “If you can walk, you shouldn’t have a Blue Badge.”

✅ Fact: Being able to walk is not the same as being able to walk safely, repeatedly, or without severe pain or exhaustion.

🔴 Myth 4: “People just get Blue Badges easily.”

✅ Fact: The application process is strict, evidence-based, and often stressful. Many disabled people are wrongly rejected and have to appeal.

🔴 Myth 5: “Blue Badge misuse is widespread.”

✅ Fact: Fraud exists, but it is rare. Media outrage vastly exaggerates the issue, while ignoring the real harm caused by harassment of legitimate badge holders.

🔴 Myth 6: “Challenging people helps protect disabled parking.”

✅ Fact: Public policing harms disabled people, not fraudsters. Enforcement is the responsibility of local authorities - not strangers in car parks.

⚠️

I am 100% Potato here and Mr. Owltistic is Cupcake. lol

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Autistic #Autism #Neurodivergent
#AuDHD #AutisticAdults #InvisibleDisability #webcomics #Sick #Illness #Guilt #Disabled #Disability

136: Sick

Photo Description:
Panel 1: Background is ground of various browns, reds, and oranges is covered in bits of snow and ice. In the very back is a burrow which is assumed to be where Potato the sick green burrowing owl lives who is present. There is also a barn owl named Cupcake carrying a steamy bowl of mac and cheese to the round mahogany table.
Cupcake says, "I made you mac and cheese to help you feel better."

Panel 2:
Cupcake places the bowl on the table.
Potato replies, "Thank you. I just feel so guilty..."

Panel 3: Cupcake responds, "I understand. Just know that you don't NEED to feel guilty."

Panel 4: She finishes, "And I'm here for you, in sickness and in health, both at your lowest and highest.
There is a white heart above Potato.

Living with ADHD and how I make my life easier after being diagnosed as an adult

It’s estimated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects between 2 to 6 per cent of adults in Australia.…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #adhd #adult #AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder #AU #Australia #disability #focus #idpwd #invisibledisability #Mentalhealth #qld #Queensland #strategies
https://www.newsbeep.com/291134/

Today is International day of persons with disabilities. Let's remember that not all disabilities are visible. #disability #notalldisabilitiesarevisible #invisibledisability

On International Day of #People with #Disabilities, please note some disabilities are #invisible

#invisibleillness #disabled #disabledpeople #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights
#IDPD #IDPD2025 #IDPD25 #IDPWD #IDPWD25 #IDPWD2025 #Disability
@mecfs @longcovid @pots
#LongCovid #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #hiddenillness #chronicillness #Invisibledisability

5 stick images of people. In the first 4, the person has a disability aid but the fifth one does not.

Text:
some disabilities look like this

#MS is an #invisibledisability. This means it's there, and it's real, but because it isn't clearly visible, people don't believe it's really there, or that we're 'putting it on'!

Believe me, it's REAL. And INVISIBLE too. 😢

https://theconversation.com/why-everyday-stress-can-make-ms-symptoms-worse-270219

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Autistic #Autism #Neurodivergent #RedInstead
#AuDHD #AutisticAdults
#InvisibleDisability #webcomics #Thanksgiving #Thankful #EatTheRich

134: Thankful

Photo Description:
Panel 1: In the middle of the red, orange, and yellow, woods in autumn are a turkey named Tofu and a barred owl named Apple Pie.
Tofu begins, "Life is fantastic! You should be thankful just for being alive."

Panel 2: Apple Pie responds, "I'll be thankful when it's no longer possible for birds like you to hoard so much wealth it unalives folks."
Tofu looks nervous.

Reminder that Cupcake is nocturnal too so she would absolutely be awake at 2AM or whatever during the change. Same with me because insomnia. 😅

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Autistic #Autism #Neurodivergent #AuDHD #InvisibleDisability #webcomics #DaylightSavings #Change

133: Daylight Savings

Photo Description:
Panel 1: Cupcake is flying through a dark blue and purple sky full of white stars and pink and orange clouds, flying ahead. She is wearing mint green headphones with hot pink accents with mint green cat ears at the top of them. The right headphone is higher than the left due to her asymmetrical ear holes.
She says to herself, "Why do we reverse time for "daylight savings "?"

Panel 2: She flies behind and continues, "Why would I want to relive that hour again? Do I need to do my routine task again?"

Panel 3: She flies forward again, "Then we need to time travel an hour into the future? Do I skip my routine task?"

Panel 4: She flies slower again, "I'm so dysregulated..."

If your Autistic child, friend, partner, family member, etc seems "dramatic" due to their routine being disrupted, they're not. It is truly world breaking for them when it happens. It feels awful. And it isn't their fault. Have patience, and take it a step at a time.

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Autistic #Autism #Neurodivergent #RedInstead
#AuDHD #AutisticAdults
#AutisticPride #InvisibleDisability #webcomics #Routine

132: Routine

Photo Description:
Panel 1: Nighttime in an overgrown pumpkin patch background. Sky is purple gradient with shining stars. Grass is long. Green, white, yellow, and orange textured pumpkins have vines.
There is a cockatiel named Lemon and a stressed oriental bay owl named Dumpling.
Dumpling begins, "I woke up ten minutes late today!"

Panel 2: He continues, "So I have to skip my 6:30pm breakfast, which means I'll be hungry during my 7:30pm workout, then too tired for my 9pm singing, and by then too burnt out to eat my midnight lunch..."

Panel 3: Dumpling finishes, "My entire routine is disrupted and it truly feels like the end of the world!"

Panel 4: Lemon replies, "Your feelings are valid. Let's take this one step at a time. We'll start by getting you breakfast. It'll feel different eating later, but you'll no longer be hungry, then you'll have energy to exercise and sing. Then we'll try again tomorrow."
Dumpling is feeling a little better.

Who else is like this? 😅

#ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Autism #Neurodivergent #AuDHD #InvisibleDisability #webcomics #Guilt #ADHD #Productive #Rest #Restless

131: Guilt

Photo Description:
Panel 1: In a nest which is a variety of browns and grays with a single gray forget-me-not flower on the outside sits Cupcake the barn owl using her teal and sticker-covered laptop. She's in a red yellow, and orange tree with an orange and dark blue sunset background.
She thinks to herself proudly, "My work is now done way ahead of schedule so I can just rest for the next ten months."

Panel 2: Cupcake's laptop is away but her eyes are stress swirling.
*Ten months of restless guilt from not feeling currently productive...*

a design ive been wanting to make but. i cant decide what font to use

#digitalpainting #invisibledisability

a painted sunflower with text reading "dont call me 'differently'abled" in a cut up font, in all caps

same as the first image with a more stamp-like font

It's not "having a laugh" for the millions whose lives are profoundly impacted. Understanding the difference between a minor headache and a chronic, disabling neurological disease is crucial for empathy and proper support.

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#MigraineAwareness #ChronicIllness #InvisibleDisability #NotJustAHeadache

This week we focus on invisible disabilities - the largest percentage of disabilities. If you see people wearing the sunflower, there's a high chance they have an invisible disability & may need more time, help, empathy from you. Never assume someone is able, just by looking at them.

Image description: A white arm wears a cotton rainbow bracelet and a green bracelet with sunflowers on it. The hint of a tattoo is peaking out, going up the arm away from sight.

#disability #InvisibleDisability #artistWithADisability #actuallyAutistic #disabledArtist

A white arm wears a cotton rainbow bracelet and a green bracelet with sunflowers on it. The hint of a tattoo is peaking out, going up the arm away from sight.

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"Akin to the ideal victim, the ideal claimant of hidden disability must navigate a system built by (and from the perspective of) those with specific preconceived notions of what it means to be a person with a disability and to present as one."

#MEcfs #invisibleillness #hiddenillness #spoonie @mecfs #hiddendisability #invisibledisabilityawareness #invisibledisability #invisibledisabilities