Invisible Disabilities Week took place between 18-24 October 2020, and aimed to encourage, educate and connect people around non-visible disabilities and conditions. 

To help raise awareness around non-visible disabilities and conditions, CAFE released highlight statistics and quotes from the CAFE non-visible disabilities and conditions survey report due to be launched next month. 

The survey aimed to learn more about the barriers faced by non-visibly disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, and to gather feedback on the existing matchday services available to this group. 

 

Public understanding of disability has often centred around visible disabilities and removing physical barriers within society that effectively ‘disable’ people.

Like other disabled people, non-visibly disabled people and people with long-term health conditions are disabled by the environment around them. However, they have often been overlooked in both accessibility literature and by society. As a result, they often face barriers due to a lack of consideration of and provision for their access requirements.

If you have any questions around the non-visible disabilities and conditions survey, please email CAFE at [email protected] or call +44 (0)208 065 5108.

Published 26/10/20