Tag Archives: Compassion
Thanksgiving – With a Little Help
Creating a Thanksgiving invisibly disabled people can participate in and enjoy takes advance planning and some imagination and even ingenuity.Sometimes, it’s hard for a person to be thankful when he’s hurting or she’s sidelined. Or maybe he’s just received an unwanted diagnosis. Perhaps she’s going through a time of exacerbation.Here are some ideas for you […]
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 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 reading5 Real-Life Examples of Helping Out A Physically Challenged Friend
News flash: Thoughtful storm observers already spend time helping physically challenged people. But, often these caring observers want to assist even more but just don’t know how. Helping physically challenged people can be as simple as a phone call letting them know they are remembered or as involved as weekly assistance or as expensive as […]
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