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"Akin to the ideal victim, the ideal claimant of hidden disability must navigate a system built by (and from the perspective of) those with specific preconceived notions of what it means to be a person with a disability and to present as one."

#MEcfs #invisibleillness #hiddenillness #spoonie @mecfs #hiddendisability #invisibledisabilityawareness #invisibledisability #invisibledisabilities

For disabled people in the UK: you may have come across locked disabled toilets requiring a Radar Key. The keys are £6.50, including delivery, & there is no gatekeeping. If you consider yourself disabled you can get one.

It's really made a difference to me at times, particularly when all toilets have been locked but I could at least use the Radar Key toilet.

You can buy them from Disability Rights UK
https://shop.disabilityrightsuk.org/products/radar-key

@chronicillness @disability#InvisibleDisability

For disabled people in the UK: you may have come across locked disabled toilets requiring a Radar Key. The keys are £6.50, including delivery, & there is no gatekeeping. If you consider yourself disabled you can get one.

It's really made a difference to me at times, particularly when all toilets have been locked but I could at least use the Radar Key toilet.

You can buy them from Disability Rights UK
https://shop.disabilityrightsuk.org/products/radar-key

@chronicillness @disability#InvisibleDisability

For disabled people in the UK: you may have come across locked disabled toilets requiring a Radar Key. The keys are £6.50, including delivery, & there is no gatekeeping. If you consider yourself disabled you can get one.

It's really made a difference to me at times, particularly when all toilets have been locked but I could at least use the Radar Key toilet.

You can buy them from Disability Rights UK
https://shop.disabilityrightsuk.org/products/radar-key

@chronicillness @disability#InvisibleDisability

It's Disability Pride Month, but honestly—I'm angry.

I use the elevator due to Long Covid, and I still get comments like "Just one floor? Take the stairs." Mostly from older, white, male coworkers outside my team. My direct colleagues get it. Others? Not so much.

Invisible disabilities are real. I'm tired of justifying my needs.

If you've faced this or have tips on handling it, please share.

@longcovid
@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability

#DisabilityPride#InvisibleDisability #LongCovid

It's Disability Pride Month, but honestly—I'm angry.

I use the elevator due to Long Covid, and I still get comments like "Just one floor? Take the stairs." Mostly from older, white, male coworkers outside my team. My direct colleagues get it. Others? Not so much.

Invisible disabilities are real. I'm tired of justifying my needs.

If you've faced this or have tips on handling it, please share.

@longcovid
@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability

#DisabilityPride#InvisibleDisability #LongCovid