What happens when the story people tell about you no longer reflects the person you are today? You arrive at an event, meet someone new and wait while a person who knows you makes the introduction. Before you have spoken, they have explained your old job, a difficult period in your life or something that happened years ago. There may be nothing inaccurate about what they have said. Yet you find yourself standing there thinking, “There is so much more to me than that now.” Pe

Because not every disability can be seen, but every person deserves to be understood. This week marks Invisible Disabilities Week (19–25 October) , a time to raise awareness for the millions of people living with disabilities that can’t be seen. Around 80–85% of people with a disability have one that isn’t visible, conditions like neurological, cognitive, sensory, mental health, and chronic illnesses that don’t show on the outside, but deeply affect life every single day. As