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Beyond the Canvas: How motherhood and Invisible Disabilities Shape My Art

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Beyond the Canvas: How motherhood and Invisible Disabilities Shape My Art

People often ask me, what actually is an invisible disability?
Simply put, it’s a condition you can’t see from the outside. In young kids, it doesn't show up as a physical impairment it looks like struggling to follow multi-step directions, getting super overwhelmed or frustrated during simple reading or math tasks, or having a emotional meltdown because they’re sensory-overloaded or anxious about not keeping up. Because you can't "see" it, these kids often get unfairly labeled as "unfocused" or "disobedient" when they’re really just trying their best to process the world around them.

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