#hiddendisability

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Invisible Illness Club Badges! 75p each >>

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You know those mornings when you wake up really excited about the day and the exciting event you're going to... but also with a hideous migraine and brain-boiling fever? Yep. Hello Monday. It's not going well. So this was yesterday's face, today's is not lifting from the pillow. #vintagelover #flashesofdelight #thatsdarling #alltheprettythings #migrainelife #glamour #pinupdoll #dollface #disabilityawareness #hiddendisability #pinupcurls #1950s #pinup #vintage #vintagemakeup #vintagestyle #beautyyoutuber #hearingaids #vintageblogger #chronicallyfabulous #deaf #vintagehair (at Brighton)

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Years of scapegoating rhetoric & politicians casting #disabled people as “scroungers” have reinforced prejudices about the blue badge* parking scheme & led to “envy & resentment” instead of equal access, according to a 4-year research project

Years of scapegoating rhetoric has led to ‘envy and resentment’ of those with blue badges, research finds

Years of scapegoating rhetoric and politicians casting disabled people as “scroungers” have reinforced prejudices about the blue badge parki

*a blue badge is what a disabled parking badge/permit is called in the UK

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In the survey, 74 per cent of disabled people said they had been accused of “faking” their impairments while using their blue badges.

These types of encounters were particularly common for younger disabled people, with some told they were “too young” to be disabled.

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Blue Badge* Myths – Busted

*a blue badge is what a disabled parking badge/permit is called in the UK

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Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author (@sensorystoriesbynicole) on Threads

Just an FYI, if someone tells you they're disabled and they don't look like they are... the chances of them lying about it are way smaller t

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Láyla Messner | High-masking Autism (@laylamessner) on Threads

A big part of ableism is the inability to understand that not all disabilities are visible.