Resources
Education is key to fostering an environment of inclusion, support and understanding. Below is a list of resources to help us further our knowledge of the impact that hidden, chronic illness has on individuals’ every day life experiences.
Online Articles of Interest / Scholarly Resources:
- Diseases that get no respect | White Coat, Black Art (CBC)
- Goodbye, lupus. You don’t own me any more. | The Globe & Mail
- What those with chronic pain or illness DO want to hear you say | Psychology Today
- 60-Second Guide to Rheumatoid Arthritis | RheumatoidArthritisGuy.com
- Out Of Control: The Rhetoric Of Gastrointestinal Disorders | Disability Studies Quarterly
- “We Don’t Have A Box”: Understanding Hidden Disability Identity Utilizing Narrative Research Methodology | Disability Studies Quarterly
- Invisible Credibility: Ethos And The E-Patient {Specific subsection, very applicable to invisible illness: Theorizing An Ethos Of Invisible Disability} | Disability Studies Quarterly
General Print Resources:
- Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- From Fatigued To Fantastic by Jacob Teitelbaum
- Just Fine: Unmasking Concealed Chronic Illness And Pain by Carol Sveilich
- Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties by Laurie Edwards
- You Are What You Eat by Gillian Mckeith
- You Don’t Look Sick: Living Well With Invisible Chronic Illness by Joy H. Selak
Specific Print Resources:
- Arthritis For Dummies by Barry Fox
- Crohn’s And Colitis: Understanding the Facts About IBD by Dr. Hillary Steinhart
- Celiac Disease (revised And Updated Edition): A Hidden Epidemic by Peter H. Green
- The Gluten-Free Nutrition Guide by Tricia Thompson
- Dr. Gillian Mckeiths Ultimate Health Plan by Gillian Mckeith
- Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia by Alison Beste
- Multiple Sclerosis Manifesto: Action to Take, Principles to Live By by Julie Stachowiak
- The Keeler Migraine Method by Robert Cowan
- The Thyroid Solution: A Revolutionary Mind-Body Program for Regaining Your Emotional and Physical Health by Ridha Arem
- Understanding Depression: What We Know and What You Can Do About It by J. Raymond DePaulo