Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Thank you. In today’s article, I want to share a video presentation of an article that I wrote several days ago. I will include an excerpt from the article below:
“Hello and welcome back to Second Chance to Live my friend. I am happy to see that you decided to stop by to visit with me. Thank you. I have been thinking about some thing that I would like to share with you. As an individual living with an invisible disability, I have found myself feeling shame for my deficits and limitations when I am around people who hold me accountable for things they do not understand.
When I was in graduate school, one of my professors encouraged us to encourage the people we would work with to educate people concerning their disabilities. What he shared with us has stuck with me. As an individual living with an invisible disability, who is learning how to read social nuance, subtitles, and non-verbal communication I have found that by sharing that with people, I am empowered.”
To watch the video presentation of the article, please click on the following link: Living with an Invisible Disability — Taking Back my Power Video Presentation
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and nobody helped me after the injury. I lost half my vision because I had a brain bleed and brain surgery. I knew something was different, but I had no idea that the loss of vision was in both eyes to the left. My eyes are fine, but I lost brain cells in the visual cortex which caused the partial blindness. I have learned everything I could about this on my own when computers helped me. I also knew I was not stupid. I thought I was, but it turns out I am very intelligent. Dealing with invisible disabilities is very difficult. Many people do not believe I have these learning disabilities and the vision problem. In other words, they think I’m lying. I’m not. My eyes look fine I guess, but my brain is missing cells. I am now 74, my husband died 30 years ago, I do not drive and I live alone. Sometimes I want it all to be done. I’m tired of fighting for everything. Listening to you let me know. I am not the only person who feels or felt that way. Thanks.
Thank you for sharing what you did. I understand. It is a struggle, but the struggle is worth the effort. We are becoming, wiser, stronger and more resilient one day at a time More will be revealed with time. Keep inspiring people to not give up!!! Have a super day and thank you for leaving a comment. Craig