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| What is a hidden disability?? |
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| Simply put, a hidden disability is exactly that-a disability that is not recognizable from the outside. There are many conditions that can be classified as hidden disabilities, these include Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-CFS (or Chronic Fatigue and Immune Difficiency Syndrome, CFIDS), Fibromyalgia, Bulimia, Anorexia, Depression, Cancer, chronic migraines, Diabetes, Arthritis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Colitis and Crohn disease), Asthma, Lupus, Chronic pain, HIV/AIDS, etc. I have definitions of each of these conditions now (links below to definitions), and I hope to have at least one informative link to a website for each condition that can explain the condition much better than I ever could since I am only familiar with a select few of these disabilities. If there is a hidden disability you believe should be on this list, please let me know and I will be more than happy to add it. It would also be a lot of help if you could give me a brief description of the condition or even a website where I could learn more about it. | ||||||||||||||||
| DEFINITIONS | ||||||||||||||||
| Anorexia nervosa Asthma Bulimia Cancer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Pain Diabetes Depression |
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| Fibromyalgia Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Colitis and Crohn Disease) Lupus Migraine headaches Myasthenia Gravis Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatic Fever HIV/AIDS |
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| ***All definitions courtesy of Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide, Anthony L. Komaroff, MD Editor in Chief Copyright 1999 by President and Fellows of Harvard College See also: Harvard Family Health Guide Online |
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