Blogging against disablism – Invisible disabilities

Invisible Disabilities
I ‘don’t look sick’. I look ‘normal’ but I’m disabled. Both by my own definition and by the government’s:
‘A physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.’
I am not always open about it. There are people in my life [...]

This will ruffle feathers

A bit of an aside from the usual feminist stuff; but I’m not a one trick pony. This is an issue that’s been bugging me lately.
I know this may piss people off and I don’t care. I’m saying it.
Imagine you’re ill. Imagine  nobody believes you, imagine everybody tells you to ’snap out of it’ and [...]