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Invisible Disabilities

23/10/2020 1403 Views Equality & Diversity Add to Favourite 4 Comments 6
 
There are so many people with disabilities across the UK that we don't see or know as they are not visible i.e. hard-of-hearing, diabetes and sleep disorders. While we do unfortunately live in a world where it's every person for themselves, do you think people who have invisible disabilities should have something visual on them that lets people know to maybe be a little more considerate?
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  • NazminA

    24/10/2020

    To also add to @GrannyBibi's comments, I reckon that there will be a number of people unwilling to share that they have an invisible disability because of the unfortunate adverse consequences that they could face, not just in terms of becoming targets of hate crimes but also in the workplace. There is still a lot to be done across all professions and sectors to tackle prejudice and discrimination and people may be unwilling to share in case their job or promotion prospects are then affected.

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  • GrannyBibi

    24/10/2020

    Although I understand the good intentions behind the idea, my worry is whether it will end up doing more harm than good? Unfortunately there are horrible people out there in the world that actually attack people *because* they found out about the other individual's disabilities. Last year we had heard how disability hate crimes were on the rise (41% increase last year) and the real figure will be unknown and so I guess my worry is that by making disabilities more visual, there will be even more targets. That is not to say we shouldn't look at the idea but then definitely more needs to be done to make sure those with disabilities are protected from harm and strict action is taken against perpetrators of disability hate crimes.

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  • karimofthecrop

    24/10/2020

    Who would police it and where would it be used? Everywhere? Public transport? Shopping centres? And not every person who has an invisible disability requires the same assistance or support so how would you differentiate without offending?

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  • Fay

    23/10/2020

    While it does sound potentially helpful, are we not further singling them out? From my experience, people with disabilities - invisible and visible - do just want to be treated with the same respect afforded to everyone else. No-one should need a visual to be respected!

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