How to Add Current and Future Invisible Illness Week Seminars to Your Web Site
August 26, 2010 by admin
Filed under Free Ways to Help, Online Ways to Help, What's New, How to Help
It’s easy to add the widget of the Invisible Illness Week seminars from 2008, 2009 and . . . 2010 will automatically appears soon after they happen- to your own blog or web site.
Remember, this year, 2010, we will be doing just 1 seminar a day with guest panelists.
The “code” is below. Just copy it and paste it into a text widget. You can also find it at the web site. If the code below does not work there is specific code at Blog Talk Radio depending on what blogging software you use, etc.
Do you want the code to feature a specific show on your blog or web site?
After the show is done recording, go to the archived shows for Invisible Illness Week, and go to the show you want. In the top right area is the Blog Talk Radio logo box with the show. To get that show only click on the little tiny button that says “Share” beside the envelope.
A box will open with “embed code” – the basic embed code will work on most sites, or you can choose the logo for other software you may be using. (If you are on Facebook, go ahead and click that logo now too, to share it on Facebook)
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Want to Add Our Seminars to Your Web Site?
September 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under Free Ways to Help, Online Ways to Help, What's New, How to Help
It’s easy to add the widget of the Invisible Illness Week seminar to your own blog or web site. The code is below. Just copy it and paste it into a text widget. You can also find it at the web site. If the code below does not work there is specific code at Blog Talk Radio depending on what blogging software you use, etc.
Do you want the code to feature a specific show on your blog or web site?
After the show is done recording, go to the archived shows for Invisible Illness Week, and go to the show you want. In the top right area is the Blog Talk Radio logo box with the show. To get that show only click on the little tiny button that says “Share” beside the envelope.
A box will open with “embed code” – the basic embed code will work on most sites, or you can choose the logo for other software you may be using. (If you are on Facebook, go ahead and click that logo now too, to share it on Facebook)
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What is an Invisible Illness?
August 24, 2009 by admin
Filed under Today's News, Announcements
Invisible illness comes in all shapes and sizes… and ages!
The purpose of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week is to provide people with the feeling of validation that their pain is real and that they can feel a sense of inclusion for a change, rather than exclusion. We also seek to bring about awareness of countless diseases, conditions, and chronic pain.
With this as a part of our purpose, our definition of “invisible illness” could be considered rather “loose.” Most illnesses are invisible at some point in the disease progression. One with rheumatoid arthritis, for example, may have the disease completely unseen in the first years of the diagnosis, yet it can become more visible as degnerations of the joints occur.
One with multiple sclerosis may go from looking perfectly healthy to being bedridden and then go into remission and have their illness be “invisible” to anyone looking for signs of sickness. Remission may last for months or even years. Or the visual signs may not show, but the illness may still be progressing.
We invite anyone or any organization that represents an illness to be involve with Invisible Illness Week. It is an opportunity to bring increased awareness to a cause you are passionate about while also educating the general public that those with illness may “look so good” but are still experiencing considerable pain.
It is no secret that those with invisible illness may be seen as exagerating their diseases or pain, or even making it up entirely. “The volunteers of National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week hope to call attention to situations such as parking in the blue spots (with a logo that has a photo of the wheelchair) to responding to “advice” by Dear Abby that could be considered irresponsible.
Not just illnesses are invisible. We hope to bring awareness to conditions such as chronic migraines, autism, cancer, to bi-polar disorder. While many of us with an invisible illness have heard “you look so good” moms of children with autism are often told, “If you just disciplined him more…”
If you have to ask, “Do I qualify?” the answer is “Yes!” We’d love to have you join us to bring about more awareness to whatever health or illness cause you feel passionate about that impacts you or someone you love.
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