Invisible disabilities: Chronic conditions

What is living with an invisible disability like in London?

Chronic conditions like scoliosis make up around 18% of non-visible disabilities in the UK.

Emily had to have spinal fusion surgery for her scoliosis, now she's helping others through pilates and pain management.

Gem O'Reilly reports

[julianaylor]

Even when a disability is obvious, you get abused, I have been, for having obvious mobility issues, so this doesn't surprise me. Many people are deliberately cruel to people with disabilities. 😔

[ElisiasEvolution]

I have MS which is a chronic illness, so I understand this completely.

[LifeWithScoliosis]

I love this! Living with scoliosis can be so tough physically and emotionally. This makes me feel less alone :)

[mirandataylor]

Wish there was something like this in the states. But chronic illness is still very stigmatized here.

[claudiabenelli]

Wish there was a group like yours in Italy! I don’t know of anybody and I’ve been waiting for more than a year now for surgery (+50 degrees scoliosis, 54 years old)

[kendgie_]

I have lupus, fibromyalgia, raynaud syndrome, and I injured my ankle during soccer as a kid and now have permanent damage and I get comments like, "oh you're just being lazy and don't want to stand" or "you're too young to have all those problems, you must be faking"

[JM-rhib]

I continue to get disriminated and im fed up on i always have to prove it.

[zanab.]

As someone with scoliosis, don’t see why people would want to make it the whole personality if anything I want to ignore it

[mosestimothy]

Dear PRIME minister BORIS johnson ❤️,
When Hostility comes we are frightened.
People of equal strength join together.
THEY OPPRESS MINORITY .
They trust in their horse power .
Not God ( they don't trust God )
We must be gratitude to those who help us .
But we mustn't trust men .
But only God .
God must be our strength.
Because he knows everyone's inside strength and heart .
You are a straight farward man
I like your nature .
God is only pleased in men like you .
God bless you,
I have seen people only worship other people or flattery or false humility or worship of angels.
They don't completely trust depend upon God but men .
All men we are mortals
But God is immortal,
Man dies .ages of men men and women, trees animals languages, growth, life and death,
All these, ,
This tells us God is there .
So we must fear God and walk upright.
They are very dangerous people says apostle Paul in Colossians chapter 2.
Today I got very much frightened because someone broke it isn't many pieces a marble stone on the line of a our shops .
I got very angry
.Whole world or even a world inside of our body is act of flesh .( told in Galatians chapter 5)
Bible tells us to be led by spirit.
It means 9 fruits of spirit told in Galatians.
Acts of flesh are told in Galatians chapter 5
There is a world inside our body
Or people of the world outside are prone to these acts very often.
But fruits of spirit are also told .
So here we must crucify our desires says apostle Paul.
Hebrew advises us to see consider christ who faced such an opposition, , , ,
Because christ is our example.
Philippians 1:28 ►
without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved—and that by God.
All our fears are because of of the desires in us .
Philippines chapter 2 English:- For It Is God Who Works In You To Will And To Act According To His Good Purpose.
For many years my dream was to love a girl and marry the same .
But a spiritual leader (evangelist Dr Pusparaj, Tamil Nadu india, ) says in India a good Christian is not allowed to this love habits,
Only his life partner must be chosen by his christian parents or spiritual prayer warriors.SPIRITUAL ELDERS, .
It is a blow to my belief today,
But when we obey God's purpose and will and TO His plan AND PURPOSE it will be a great blessing, joy and peace .
OTHERWISE IT IS A SIN .
NOTE ;-
MY FATHER BECAME A CHRISTIAN BECAUSE THE DOCTOR MOCKED HIM OF HIS DISEASE CONDITION JOINING WITH HIS JUNIORS, , MY FATHER'S, OWN FATHER IN LAW THREW THE FOOD BOX IN HIS HOSPITAL BED UNLOVE,
God bless you sir
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[majorpygge-phartt]

Here we go again, the usual standard story, and I'm absolutely sick and tired of it, they're supposedly so "disabled" but they can still fit into rowdy group activities. What about those who CAN'T because of far more SEVERE hidden disabilities?! What about those who have to live all alone and spend almost their whole LIFE alone and even then still can't rest but still suffer appalling torment and only have their voice totally suppressed.

[aldijana]

Schroth method for scoliosis is a much better method than palates, because it gets to the bottom of the issue, but I’m glad this program is highlighting scoliosis. I have it too, 49 degrees, constant pain