![]() ![]() Every three to five years, my disease becomes life-threatening and debilitating. I've lived with lupus, an autoimmune disease, for 13 years. ![]() ![]() My disability may be invisible, but it doesn't mean I don't need to use a handicap spot While I don't use a wheelchair, cane, or service dog, my chronic illness is limiting all the same. My disability comes in the form of lupus, an invisible chronic illness. When most people think of a person with a disability, they picture someone in a wheelchair - someone who looks like the symbol on the blue placard that hangs from my car's rearview mirror. I didn't feel ready to have this conversation. It was also the first time I'd have to explain to a romantic interest that I am disabled. This was my first date following my divorce. For an instant, I regretted accepting his offer to walk me from the door of the movie theater through the parking lot. "Uh … are you sure this is your car?" my date asked as I stopped in front of the sedan in the handicap spot. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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