Visible and Invisible Disabilities
Visible disabilities are one thing invisible disabilities tend to be overlooked, partly becasue individuals that have them are trying to hide them or they are not acknowledges and accomodated by the instructor( When applicable).
Barbara,
There are certainly times when students with invisible disabilities try to "pass" as nondisabled, and they often shoot themselves in the foot by not identifying themselves and asking for assistance. But there are also times when students with invisible disabilities DO speak up and remain unsupported because they don't LOOK disabled. They don't LOOK any different than other students, and so they are denied access to the needed accommodations because someone refuses to believe that the problem could be so significant if they can't see it.
Dr. Jane Jarrow
