Challenges Faced by People with Invisible Disability Like Diabetes

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 DATE \@ "d MMMM yyyy" 11 April 2022
People with Invisible Disabilities: Diabetes
Introduction
Also called hidden disabilities, invisible disabilities cannot be immediately apparent to other people. Diabetes, for instance, is a chronic medical condition that is not outrightly apparent. In other words, people cannot tell, from the onset, that an individual has diabetes. Unlike visible disabilities, invisible disabilities like diabetes cause unique challenges for people in social places and working environments. According to ADA (Imbroll and Cassar), the employer is often unaware if an employee is diabetic because diabetes is highly unlikely to impact an individual's ability substantially. But this does not mean that challenges are not faced.
Challenges Faced by People with Diabetes
The challenges faced by people with diabetes can be classified into two: challenges resulting from the disability and challenges in the world around them. In other words, people with disabilities are not the same as the general population. The difference comes because they have the extra task of managing their condition. Thus, how they operate and react to the challenges of the disability causes their interaction with the environment, such as workplaces, to be different.
Challenges from the Disability
As a disability, diabetes is a condition that requires management daily. This means people should always have provisions on how to get insulin regularly, have foods or drinks that may raise blood sugar where necessary, a need for lifestyle adjustment to continue functioning normally, blood pressure monitoring & recording, and a continuous need for management education. More importantly, diabetes causes a financial and emotional burden to the person and their families. These can lead to stress, depression, and emotional detachment from social spaces. In a recent epidemiological study involving 90,686 part...