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Fear for those with 'invisible disabilities' who feel stranded at home during the pandemic
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxMore than half of people with ‘invisible disabilities’ are worried about leaving the house during the pandemic over concerns about whether they can access a toilet, councillors heard.A meeting of Oldham’s health scrutiny committee on Tuesday night discussed a council motion that proposed installing new signs around accessible toilets.The signs show the icons of a man and woman either side of a symbol of a person in a wheelchair, with the slogan ‘not every disability is visible’.These signs are part of a campaign by the charity Crohn’s and Colitis UK, which is aimed at stopping stigma and discrimination towards people who may not appear to have obvious disabilities.Councillors were told people had faced verbal and even.
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