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 ...
Linda Williams doesn't make dinner reservations the way most of us do. She makes a point to ask others about their accessibility needs first. The clinical psychologist and founder and CEO of Invisible ...
There’s a big problem with work that’s invisible to too many of us: According to the CDC, 61 million adults in the United States (26%), have at least one disability. About half of that group: 33 ...
The Americans with Disabilities Act marked its 33rd year as law in July, requiring companies to accommodate employees with disabilities, including what are called invisible disabilities. About 16% of ...
The ADA is clear: Determining disability is a medical question, not a judicial one. Whether someone has ADD, PTSD or a brain ...
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 ...
Colorado now has an optional marker available on drivers' licenses and state IDs that can show a person has a disability; a victory, say people who work with people with so-called, "invisible ...
Individuals with invisible disabilities are everywhere in society, but because of stigmatization of disabilities, people choose not to disclose for fear of being unfairly judged. That choice has ...
In April, as I stepped onto a cruise ship with my family, I should have been excited. But often, I don’t have the luxury of feeling that first moment of vacation bliss. Living with multiple sclerosis, ...
I vividly recall standing with one of my college mentors in front of an iron lung in the lobby of Boston Children’s Hospital. He told me how polio had led to the last disability revolution because ...
It's a symbol meant to protect and empower thousands of Coloradans, yet most people don't even know it exists. Printed on state-issued driver's licenses and ID cards, the Invisible Disabilities symbol ...
DENVER (KDVR) — The Boulder Police Department is introducing its new Blue Envelope Program to help avoid miscommunication with people with “invisible disabilities” the department announced in a press ...