Good piece.i have several problems and u look at me u wold never know.my husband ronald with dementia u could tell by looking at him u would have to sit and talk with him.so looks could be .....mmmmm
I have an invisible illness. Very rarely use a handicapped sign, but the one time lately that I did, I was berated by a woman who had an operation two weeks prior. I didn't tell her that I have had over a dozen operations. When I was in school, I remember teachers thinking that I just wanted to get out of running laps- when I was actually having severe leg pain. Every school should be teaching this, I agree. To have to constantly justify everything that you do is very tiresome.
Three cheers for this important point well made. Please distribute it to anyone you can think of who needs to bear it in mind.
I had my own learning experience on exactly this subject some years ago, when an unattended Staffordshire bull terrier turned up at my front door trailing his leash. The dog had scratched at the door and was sitting politely waiting for an answer. The man I assumed to be his owner was sitting motionless and unresponsive on my garden wall, his head in his hands...
Long story short, the man was not a dangerous nut case - he was an epileptic going through an absence seizure. If I'd known about absence seizures, or had thought to stop and think about it, I wouldn't have bothered the police… (blush). Happy ending - owner and exemplary dog reunited five hours later :)
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‘Invisible’ Illnesses Prove You Can't Judge a Book By Its Cover
I had my own learning experience on exactly this subject some years ago, when an unattended Staffordshire bull terrier turned up at my front door trailing his leash. The dog had scratched at the door and was sitting politely waiting for an answer. The man I assumed to be his owner was sitting motionless and unresponsive on my garden wall, his head in his hands...
Long story short, the man was not a dangerous nut case - he was an epileptic going through an absence seizure. If I'd known about absence seizures, or had thought to stop and think about it, I wouldn't have bothered the police… (blush). Happy ending - owner and exemplary dog reunited five hours later :)