Hidden Disabilities and Conditions
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The prevalence of hidden disabilities and conditions cannot be underestimated: in the UK, one in five people have a disability, and eighty per cent of these disabilities are not obvious to others. Through conversations with volunteer interviewees, this book highlights the wide range of hidden disabilities and conditions that exist in the workplace, and suggests appropriate accommodations that organisations can make to help their employees play a full part in society.
Ted Smith is the author of the award-nominated Human Resources A to Z: A Practical Field Guide for People Managers. He's a senior human resources and organisation development consultant who has been working on a significant project to make workplaces more inclusive for those with hidden disabilities and conditions. That research has led to this informative and practical guide. All profits from the sale of this book will go to Macmillan Cancer Support.
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ACCOMMODATIONS
SECTION 1: CREATING AN INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 2: WORKING WITH GPS, DOCTORS, CONSULTANTS, HEALTH INSURANCE AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
SECTION 3: COMMON (NON-MEDICINE-BASED) TREATMENTS
SECTION 4: THE IMPACT OF A HIDDEN DISABILITY OR CONDITION ON AN INDIVIDUAL
SECTION 5: HIDDEN DISABILITIES AND CONDITIONS
ANXIETY, STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH
APHASIA
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD)
AUTISM
BIPOLAR DISORDER
BLACKOUTS AND HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE
BLINDNESS AND VISION LOSS
BRAIN INJURIES
BREAKDOWN
BREAST CANCER
BULLYING AND MENTAL HEALTH
CEREBRAL PALSY
CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME/MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (CFS/ME)
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD)
CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF)
DEATH OF A YOUNG CHILD
DEPRESSION
DIABETES, TYPE 1
DYSLEXIA
EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROMES (EDS)
ENDOMETRIOSIS
EPILEPSY
FIBROIDS
FIBROMYALGIA
FOETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER (FASD)
GENDER DYSPHORIA AND REASSIGNMENT
HEARING LOSS, PROFOUND
HEART BLOCK AND PACEMAKERS
HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
HIGHLY SENSITIVE PERSON (HSP) AKA SENSORY PROCESSING SENSITIVITY (SPS)
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)
HYDROCEPHALUS
HYPERMOBILITY SPECTRUM DISORDER (HSD)
HYPERSEXUALITY
HYPOTHYROIDISM
IN VITRO FERTILISATION (IVF)
LIPOEDEMA
LONG COVID
LUPUS AKA SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE)
MATERNAL DEPRIVATION AND CHILDHOOD ABUSE
MÉNIÈRE'S DISEASE (VERTIGO AND TINNITUS)
MENOPAUSE
MIGRAINES
MISCARRIAGE
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)
OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) AND SCRUPULOSITY OCD
PANIC ATTACKS
PHOBIAS
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS)
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
PROSTATE CANCER
REJECTION SENSITIVE DYSPHORIA (RSD)
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (RA)
SLEEP APNOEA
STILLBIRTH
SUDDEN LOSS (BEREAVEMENT)
TOURETTE SYNDROME AND TICS
ULCERATIVE COLITIS (WITH REFERENCE TO CROHN'S DISEASE)
USHER SYNDROME
VERTIGO OR VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION
WILLIAMS SYNDROME (WS)
