Tag Archives: Characteristics
What in the World Is a Dweller?
Yard work, gardening, quilting, traveling, mechanic work? Do you know someone who used to do many of these things but who no longer does? Do you know why they stopped? Was it too hard? Did it become too tiring? Was the activity too time consuming? Are they just lazy? Did they experience injuries? Maybe they […]
Continue readingYou Can See Me – But Do You Really?
This invisibly disabled woman hit a roadblock. I could not publish the originally scheduled guest post about long-term care because of technical glitches (caused by me). It will appear later. So, I have updated a previous post to remind everyone what invisible disabilities are and ways of identifying invisibly disabled people. Meanwhile, I am on […]
Continue readingAre You Healthy? Read This Letter!
Trish's comparisons of our lives and healthy people’s hits the mark! If you are healthy, count your blessings. I hope you get the idea of what many of us face every day.
Continue readingNavigating the Storms Is Here for You, the Hurting and the Caring
Strug-gle (intransitive verb)Try to overcome problem: to make a great effort to deal with a challenge, problem, or difficultyMake great physical effort: to make a great physical effort to achieve or obtain something Reality for millionsDaily struggles — a reality of life for millions of people (see Quiz for statistics) who live with invisible disabilities. Some […]
Continue readingSee Me!
Do you see the woman in the grocery aisle? The one in the way because she’s moving so slowly! Do you notice the cousin sitting at his family reunion? He’s always sitting down! Are you aware of a coworker who takes for—-ev—-er to finish her work? Is she lazy! Maybe they are just lazy or […]
Continue readingUnseen Damage: What Dwellers Wish Others Could Understand
In-vis-i-ble adj.: impossible to see; hidden; not easily noticed.Storm caused structural damage to foundations and framework of buildings is often invisible from the outside. The damage requires close inspection to see. Likewise, storm damage in our lives can be difficult for others to see. Are the damages listed below happening to your friend? If they’re […]
Continue reading6 Ways to Interact with Your Invisibly Disabled Friends
Ricky Buchanan explains much about interacting with invisibly disabled people. Open Letter To Those Without an Invisible Disability or Chronic Illness By Ricky Buchanan (used by permission) PART TWO Part One introduced us to areas that some Dwellers need Observers to understand. Can you take some time to examine how interacting with invisibly disabled people […]
Continue reading5 Areas Observers Need to Understand
Reading Ricky’s letter aids in learning about invisible disabilities. Open Letter To Those Without an Invisible Disability or Chronic Illness By Ricky Buchanan (used by permission) PART ONE Ricky wrote what I would like to have written for Observers. He seeks to help those without an invisible condition understand us Dwellers. Please read these observations […]
Continue readingObserver: Do your actions help or hurt?
Observers and Dwellers Two words. Two roles in life. The difference lies in the context: storms of chronic illnesses and invisible disabilities. Definitions Dweller: physically challenged people experiencing ongoing storms, constant or intermittent. Observer: anyone living outside these storms. Dweller/Observer: dweller who sees someone in a different storm. Help Needed by Dwellers Major. Minimal. None. […]
Continue readingName One Infallible Way To Recognize People With Invisible Disabilities!
You can always recognize a disabled person … right? He wears a cast. She sits in a wheelchair. He uses a cane. She has a seeing-eye dog. Disabled: having a problem that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Yep. These people are all disabled, even though they may work around the disability to […]
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