Matushka Wendy Cwiklinski wrote “Church and the Child with Invisible Disabilities” in 2006 for the Orthodox Church of America’s Resource Handbook. Though this has been posted before, it is worth posting again, for we continually need to remind ourselves to address these matters. Here’s the webpage for the article: http://oca.org/resource-handbook/familylife/church-and-the-child-with-invisible-disabilities
In addition to the websites Matushka Wendy lists at the end of her article, see the following websites which address invisible disabilities:
http://www.invisibledisabilities.org/
My Invisible Disabilities Community http://invisibledisabilities.ning.com/
Federation of Invisible Disabilities http://www.fidsbc.ca/
Federation of Invisible Disabilites Resource Kit http://www.fidsbc.ca/resource_kit.htm
Federation of Invisible Disabilities: Stories http://www.fidsbc.ca/stories.html
Invisible Disabilities http://www.parenting-advice.net/parents/invisible_disabilities.html
You Tube: Understanding Invisible Disabilities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWcSM9PWdT0&feature=related
You Tube: RSD/CRPS , Pain and Living with Invisible Disabilities http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAdQ6j6R98U&feature=related
The Plight of Invisible Disabilities with Ginger Goins (to the right of the page are more videos on the subject) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TaThZFlFHE&feature=related
You Tube: Invisible Disabilities and Postsecondary Education http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH3vt-XrkEs&feature=related
A Music Video on You Tube , sung by Johnny Cash, expressing how one person with invisible disabilities feels http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM1_IanWuAU
