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Invisible Disabilities Association

Invisible Disabilities Association

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We're raising awareness and changing perceptions of invisible disabilities! #IAmInvisibleNoMore InvisibleDisabilities.org
Do You Live with illness, pain or disability? Share this video with friends, family and social media! We are also featuring many other stories that were submitted during the campaign.
The Invisible Disabilities Association created the Invisible No More® Campaign in 2010. "Let's envision a world where people living with illness, pain and disability will be Invisible No More!" InvisibleNoMore.com
VIDEO HOST: Natalie Tysdal, Anchor of Daybreak Colorado, KDVR, Fox 31 and Channel 2 Denver. KDVR.com/author/natalie-tysdal/
INTERVIEWS (in order of appearance):
■ Sherri Connell is a co-founder of the Invisible Disabilities Association. Former singer, dancer, actress, model and accounts manager. Sherri lost her career, horses and ability to care for her daily needs at 27. She lives with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Late-Lyme Disease, Traumatic Brain Injury and Chemical Injury. SherriConnell.com
■ Gilbert Wheeler is a pilot and the founder and president of On Laughter Silvered Wings (OLSW). Before Gilbert's Traumatic Brain Injury, OLSW used aviation activities to teach the value of achieving goals, staying in school and avoiding drugs, alcohol and gangs. Gilbert was also chosen to be a Channel 7 "Everyday Hero" in 2008.
■ Pete Ohlin's daughter is battling Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Pete is a musician who discovered his passion for music after the death of his sister. Pete's music helped him endure the loss of his sister and now others living with loss, PTSD and depression are finding his music therapeutic and soothing. PeteOhlin.com
■ Cassandra Perkins has been a role model, speaker and radio host since she was in her teens. She has also been a caregiver to her mom, who lives with chronic illness and to her dad when he had a Traumatic Brain Injury. Cassandra features guests on her radio show who have made a difference in the world and who can offer hope to others. Cassandra is also blind in one eye.
■ Wayne Connell is the founder and president of the Invisible Disabilities Association. His wife, Sherri is the inspiration for the organization. Wayne is passionate about bringing awareness, education and support to the world for millions living with illness, pain and disability.
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
■ ALLSUP. "Allsup has specialized in disability services for over 30 years. We've successfully helped more than 275,000 individuals receive the Social Security Disability benefits they deserve." IDA.Allsup.com
■ LaFawn Biddle
■ Wayne and Sherri Connell
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION: Everwise Entertainment. Natalie Tysdal, President. Dan Gillett, Vice President of Production. EverwiseEntertainment.com
VIDEO MUSIC: Pete Ohlin. PeteOhlin.com
Together we can make a difference in your community and around the globe!
The IDA Team
Invisible Disabilities Association
InvisibleDisabilities.org
ABOUT THE INVISIBLE DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION:
IDA's mission is to encourage, educate and connect people and organizations touched by illness, pain and disability around the globe.
We bring awareness, education, support and resources through our websites, programs, videos, pamphlets, books, radio and television interviews, events, online support, social media and resources! Here are some of the awesome programs we launched: The National ID Initiative, Invisible Disabilities Week, Invisible Disabilities Community, Invisible No More Campaign, Invisible No More Show, InVisible InCourage LIVE, the Annual IDA Awards Galas, Love IDEAS Summit, Brain IDEAS Symposiums, Invisible Heroes, Programs 4 People, Cleaner Indoor Air Campaign and more!
We have also produced over 200 KZfaq videos featuring personal stories, organizations, special guest speakers, conferences and events! We love to honor individuals and organizations making a difference with the Annual IDA Awards, as well as highlight stories, endeavors, blogs and events of people living with invisible disabilities around the world during Invisible Disabilities Week!
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#invisibledisabilitiesweek #nationaldisabilityid #butyoulookgood #invisiblenomore
Keywords: invisible disabilities, illness, invisible illness, hidden illness, spoonies, chronic illness, pain, injury, disabilities, disabled, fatigue, brain fog, depression, anxiety, multiple sclerosis, lyme disease, fibromyalgia, lupus, brain injury, chemical sensitivities, POTS, CRPS, RSD, PTSD, EDS, CSF, ehlers-danlos, dysautonomia, mcs, bipolar, stroke, hoh, deaf, autism, awareness, education, support, outreach, nonprofit, organization, events, but you look good, invisible no more, video, youtube, contest, win, social security, SSDI

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@mrwolfe8630
@mrwolfe8630 3 жыл бұрын
I have been Alienated by people and companies , because of MY invisible condition.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 3 жыл бұрын
We are so very sorry to hear this! This is why we exist and we are working hard to bring awareness and education to this world.
@SillySherriProductions
@SillySherriProductions 6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved the Invisible No More® Campaign in 2010. It was so ahead of it's time with people sending in videos from their webcams. 2018 is going to be even more incredible with easier ways to share stories and even more expansion of publicity and awareness! We are not lazy. We are not malingerers. We are warriors! This is our time to shine and to let people see what strength, fortitude, perseverance and courage it takes to live with illness, pain and injury! Let's change the world together!
@davidfoster6545
@davidfoster6545 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you . That’s given me hope David .
@paulridikas5746
@paulridikas5746 2 жыл бұрын
I have an invisible disability too.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 2 жыл бұрын
We are so glad to meet you, Paul! Thank you for watching! 💕
@paulavieillet485
@paulavieillet485 4 жыл бұрын
This is a great video that talk about the stigma of invisible disabilites. With Covid-19 social isolation, now people will at least understand how having to stay at home, and not be able to work affects people's lives.
@pamelabibby8642
@pamelabibby8642 4 жыл бұрын
i have a invisiable disablity
@YNergy
@YNergy 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@lakennedy569
@lakennedy569 4 жыл бұрын
I have a speech disorder and learning disorders. People have told me "you don't look like you have a disability "
@divawithaattitude4121
@divawithaattitude4121 3 жыл бұрын
Great Video
@bobtaylor170
@bobtaylor170 4 жыл бұрын
This is a great, great thing. In many ways, my life ended at seven, when I survived a mass murder which left me with a lifelong and ruinous moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The irony, and it's a cruel one, which many people with invisible disabilities grapple with, is that the human will to thrive makes us work our asses off for a lifetime. And it often pays off, but only to an extent, because physical reality is physical reality. So, many of us can eventually achieve a simulacrum of being healthy, while we're anything but, and it only leaves others tending to be contemptuous of us as "slackers", etc.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! We are so very sorry to hear about all you have been through and are still battling! We are making great progress bringing awareness of millions living with illness, pain, injury and disability! We have seen so many individuals, friends, families and businesses have their eyes opened! Yet, there is still so much more work to do. Thank you for sharing your story!
@bobtaylor170
@bobtaylor170 4 жыл бұрын
@@InvisibleDisability , you're welcome, indeed. It's bad enough to be hurt, but to sustain additional pain by being kicked over and over again only adds injury to injury.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, illness and injury are so hard to live with! But the lack of understanding and compassion from make it even harder! :(
@RussCobleigh
@RussCobleigh 4 жыл бұрын
I so feel invisible !
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 4 жыл бұрын
We are so very sorry, Russ! It is hard enough to live with illness, let alone feeling invisible to others. We do understand. :(
@SillySherriProductions
@SillySherriProductions 6 жыл бұрын
BE HEARD! Share YOUR story! Share YOUR tips on how to not only survive, but find joy in each day. Share what you want friends and family to know, so they can have a better understanding and be more supportive! #IAmInvisibleNoMore www.InvisibleNoMore.com
@sacredwaters9
@sacredwaters9 5 жыл бұрын
My daughter (a late teen) and I her mother both have cptsd and fibromyalgia. Life is a struggle and gift at the same time on multiple levels, most ppl don't get it. We will fight and win! This is amazing! Thank you
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Nisha! It is wonderful to meet you! Thank you for your words of encouragement and support! You and your daughter sound like quite the fighters!
@jessehernandez841
@jessehernandez841 2 жыл бұрын
Sharing this with my gf as she struggles with GP, auto accident etc her life has changed she pushes her self to perform activities daily
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jesse! We hope this helps her know she's not alone in her fight! 💕
@pamelabibby8642
@pamelabibby8642 4 жыл бұрын
invisiable disabilties can be the worst kind of disabilty because people dont always under why you need help i have depression due to bad expreinces and need reassurring
@therealMelB
@therealMelB 6 жыл бұрын
Just had a Walmart pharmacist refuse to fill my pain medication because I am mobile. I guess now you can only get pain medication if your are in a wheel chair or look like you have CA. So disgusting!
@celesteap174
@celesteap174 4 жыл бұрын
Is frustrating forgive the ignorance try to remind your self all the hard work and effort you are doing to keep up with your life and don't give up talk to whom ever you need to get your needs met.
@elenarose9998
@elenarose9998 4 жыл бұрын
The first thirty seconds of this video reminds me of a piece I made called the invisible girl. I'm working on a series to try and illustrate a person with an invisible illness which is quite challenging so I'm hoping to find inspiration through other's stories.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 4 жыл бұрын
That's great, Elena!
@jasonlove4482
@jasonlove4482 4 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 6 жыл бұрын
The #IAmInvisibleNoMore Campaign continues! Use the hashtag on your social media posts! Share this video! Check out the Top Five Winning Videos of the #IAmInvisibleNoMore Contest and more! InvisibleNoMore.com
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 6 жыл бұрын
Enter the #IAmInvisibleNoMore Contest Today! You could be one of 25 Prize Winners! The First Prize is $500 and a Trip to the 2018 Invisible Disabilities Association's Awards Gala! Submit your story now! Ask your friends, family and groups to vote for your video! Together we can change hearts and minds across the globe! See official rules for details. www.InvisibleNoMore.com
@YNergy
@YNergy 5 жыл бұрын
I have a playlist in youtube about living with invisible disabilities (I have Multiple Sclerosis and Fibromyalgia myself. My husband has autism and my mom has serious chronic pain problems). Thank you once again for doing this - knowledge is power!
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the kind words! Keep fighting! Together, we can make a difference in your community and around the globe!
@YNergy
@YNergy 5 жыл бұрын
I agree! Thank you once again. =D
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 4 жыл бұрын
Join us for the NEW Invisible No More Show! Watch our #InvisibleNoMoreShow episodes on our web page at: www.InvisibleNoMore.Show! You can also watch on our #InvisibleNoMore KZfaq Channel at: www.InvisibleNoMore.TV!
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 6 жыл бұрын
Share your #IAmInvisibleNoMore Story! Share your journey, your struggles, triumphs, things you have learned and ways friends, family, medical teams and society at large can be supportive and encouraging! Tell your friends and groups! Our mission: "Let's envision a world where people living with illness, pain and disability will be Invisible No More!" Together we can change hearts and minds across the globe! www.InvisibleNoMore.com
@jeanninegianessi1105
@jeanninegianessi1105 6 жыл бұрын
Invisible Disabilities Association. ive been trying to adopt a dog to help with my depression but i was told us i might need into the hospital .i had to sign my dog and cat over because i lost y house last year now i have my own apartment so i think a dog would really help with my depression.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 6 жыл бұрын
We are hope you are able to get a dog!
@Palmundo91
@Palmundo91 3 жыл бұрын
May I share this video on my social media referencing/crediting your webpage of course?
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Just use the link to the video or the embedded code! Thank you!
@marycochran808
@marycochran808 3 жыл бұрын
For me I have an invisible disability because it’s not clearly visible in fact I have multiple ones and I was born with mine. You can’t see what goes on with my genetics since my genetics are different than most people. So I was born with an invisible disability. So I wanted to let people know that there are people who are born with invisible disabilities.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! Thank you for sharing your story! 💕
@adamguymon7096
@adamguymon7096 3 жыл бұрын
What about people with ("Undiagnosed Disabilities")? Just because someone's symptoms don't make the list in the doctor's textbook doesn't mean that they aren't disabled? People are always given other disabilities that they may or may not have and not always get the proper treatment? This can play a role in how someone is treated in society? For example, the "medical model" of disability says that you "can't" work while the "social model" says that you can if the world around you is made to be "ACCESSIBLE" to you. The thing is that if you "can" do you "lose". While the rest of a "regular/normal" world expects you to do they are not willing to give you the tools to succeed? By taking benefits away from you that becomes a form of "SLAVERY"! In life, people only applaud us for the things that we do and treat us like we are lazy if we can't. Why is that the world that is fallen not allow us to be who we are and allow us to rejoice and have real disability pride? If I was perfect you wouldn't have a job. If I didn't have a disability you would not have an opportunity to learn from me? If I am "NORMAL" only because I am "normal" then I am not who I AM! Don't forget Undiagnosed disabilities because they aren't visible even when they may or may not be in plain sight? #DisabledLivesMatter!
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, many people go years or decade without a diagnosis! It is so horrible when it often takes so much time! It is even more "invisible" to others! Our cofounder's wife was very ill for 14 years before she got a diagnosis. Unfortunately, by then the illness had become untreatable though she still tries. We are behind all living with invisible disabilities.
@bill.charnley9890
@bill.charnley9890 4 жыл бұрын
We're do I get a label indicating I have hidden illnesses?
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 4 жыл бұрын
Hi! We are not sure what you are referring to by label. An ID? Check out our website! We are working on voluntary indicators for government ID's and we have personal ID's. www.InvisibleDisabilities.org
@Running4urLife365
@Running4urLife365 6 жыл бұрын
92👍
@RegentDeMarquis005
@RegentDeMarquis005 5 жыл бұрын
Great video We are Washitaw
@chrissame
@chrissame 5 жыл бұрын
This is good, but dont forget Autism, especially in females where its so overlooked.
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability 5 жыл бұрын
Hi! This video is about all who live with invisible disabilities, which certainly includes Autism. There are dozens of invisible disabilities, so the stories here are just a sample of a few. Thank you so much for watching! :)
@OfficialLadyDarkSky
@OfficialLadyDarkSky 3 ай бұрын
people think because i always act happy and smile and greet people that i m a faker, if they knew how much pain i was in daily would they give me pitty because i have fibro? who wants pitty. not me!
@InvisibleDisability
@InvisibleDisability Ай бұрын
Agree! We're not trying to elicit pity, but belief that these illnesses and injuries are real, whether someone can "see" them or not. So many people are debilitated from time to time or all the time. People around them often accuse them of just making excuses, exaggerating or even making it up. It is so hard when people WANT to go places or do things, but are accused of these things. 💙
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