Chronic Illness Jennifer Steiner Chronic Illness Jennifer Steiner

Mental Illness is Invisible Illness

This might be a little controversial, but I believe that mental illness, cognitive disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders are invisible illnesses too.  Mental Illnesses, cognitive disorders (such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease) and neurodevelopmental disorders (such as Autism Spectrum Disorders and learning disorders) do not usually have overt visible symptoms when you first look at a person, and so by definition they are invisible. 

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