Handicapped Parking with an Invisible Illness

When you’re confronted with “you don’t look handicapped!”

Close up of handlcapped symbol in a parking place.
Photo credit: Shutterstock

“I want to shout at the world, ‘give me a break! I’ll give you this handy placard if you’ll take my disease! Deal?’”

Woman with shopping bags in one hand getting into a car.
Photo credit: Dreamstime

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Writer with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia helping others to survive and thrive with chronic illness. Lifelong learner, dog mom, therapist-to-be.

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Lisa Lorden Myers

Writer with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia helping others to survive and thrive with chronic illness. Lifelong learner, dog mom, therapist-to-be.