Going (un)noticed

On the hyper- and invisibility of being disabled

Hello,

I saw an Instagram post the other day that expressed something I’ve always felt but never even thought to articulate: how being disabled, particularly a wheelchair user, renders you both invisible and hyper-visible - sometimes at the same time.

Yes, I thought, that’s it.

I think nondisabled people think they can imagine the hyper-visibility, but I’m…