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I myself, have seen discrimination towards people with invisible disabilities. My mom is disabled and she has a lot of health problems that she has io deal with. Sometimes my mom has to use crutchas, a cane, or even a wheelchair. Other times she will look healthy and be "invisibly disabled". Sometimes she does not need walking assistance, but she is still sick. For example, when my mom has flares, she will use crutches. When she is not flaring, she daes not need crutches, but it is still painful and tiring for her to walk. Comments are made towards my mom, because society looks at her and sees a "healthy" waman. They don't see my mom struggle to walk. Activities that may seem normal for a person can be difficult for her. On many occasions, my mom has been discriminated against for using handicap parking spots. People will point, yell, shake their heads, leave notes on our car, and even give us the middle finger. The notes that we have gotten have said that we shouldn't use handicap spots for our own convenience or faziness. There are also very angry websites that encourage everyday people to post pictures, license plate information, and make reports of healfihy looking people using handicap spots. The groups run these websites to shame the people who need these parking spots. The things fihat people say and do because of the way my mom looks are very hurfiful and hateful. Instead, peaple should be kind and they should think about what others could be going through. Those people may actually be sick and need those spots. In situations like buying houses, the invisibly disabled are sametimes discriminated against. My mom and I were moving and we experienced discrimination because of my mom's disability. We really liked one house that we saw, yet she was judged. My grandma was getting information from the head of the association as we were looking at houses. My