ITV’s Invisible Disabilities Campaign is hugely important to me personally and professionally. Tanya Bardsley, Housewives of Cheshire star I hope that, from now, this is no longer the norm. For so many people across the country, their invisible disability is something they struggle in silence with every day. This campaign is incredibly personal to me and I could not support it more.
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I took part in the campaign because it's one thing to be given care or humility from society because they can see you struggling but a whole other ball game when you are misjudged or belittled because you are not seen or understood. Working with ITV’s Invisible Disabilities is my way of helping redress this.
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That they each have invisible disabilities, and that these are also part of what makes them who they are.Įver since my diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease I have noticed how much of the public are only dimly aware of the symptoms, and how much many press outlets deliberately misrepresent. They finish by revealing what many also don’t know about them.
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One in five of us are disabled, and this new campaign featuring famous faces powerfully highlights that just because you cannot see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there.ĭeveloped in partnership with Scope, and devised by ITV Creative, the ad features Chase star Paul Sinha, author and TV personality Katie Piper, actress and Loose Woman Kelle Bryan and Real Housewives of Cheshire star Tanya Bardsley talk about themselves to camera - their hidden talents and achievements, their nicknames, their hobbies, the alternative careers they’d have loved to pursue. ITV launched a new on-air marketing campaign to highlight invisible disabilities, as part of its commitment to help create culture change around disability perception and representation. ITV launches new on air campaign to highlight Invisible Disabilities