If you've ever been frustrated by the lack of appreciation of the role of invisible chronic illness in functional disability, please vote
Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) Utilizing Online Technology to Determine New Research Directions An ICIE reader has notified me about this ICDR week long period to vote on shaping disability agendas. She has submitted a comment to expand disability to appreciate the role of invisible chronic illness in functional disability. Please help encourage awareness of invisible chronic illness by voting to prioritize this research issue. For more information and complete instructions visit the Web site: www.icdr.us/stakeholders and follow the registration and voting procedures. Voting period: May 8–15, 2009 A couple of hints: After you register go to http://www.icdr.us/ stakeholders/comments.aspx . Then go to "Topic 6: Other Critical Research Issues" The fourth comment down is this "Presently, disability encompasses a heterogeneous population, and this variability in cause and nature of impairment are weakly represented within the disability dialogue ...