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'Invisible' Disabilities: Car Park Confrontation Prompts Call For Greater Recognition
Saturday 17 November 2018
 PHOTO: Sarah Larcombe hopes speaking out about her 'invisible' disability will help change public attitudes. (ABC South East SA: Lucy Robinson) |
'Invisible' disabilities: Car park confrontation prompts call for greater recognition
Fed up with judgemental looks, comments and confrontations, a young South Australian woman living with a debilitating disease is calling for more recognition of 'invisible' disabilities.
Mount Gambier resident Sarah Larcombe, 26, suffers from Crohn's disease, a chronic auto-immune illness that causes inflammation of the bowel.
But despite having undergone seven major surgeries over the past nine years — including one to remove her entire large bowel and replace it with an ileostomy bag — Ms Larcombe does not appear sick or disabled.
"You perceive me to look like a young, healthy individual, and it's the total opposite," said Ms Larcombe, who has been issued a disability permit and is under strict instructions not to carry heavy loads.
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