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Volume 44, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0263-0672
  • E-ISSN: 2157-1430

Abstract

This article explores how having two non-visible disabilities, Optic Disc Coloboma and Addison’s Disease, has contributed to my development as a dramatherapist. I consider how disability led to me linking health and the arts, how my identity and therapeutic practice has developed alongside expectations, knowledge and consequences of disability. I reflect on how the translucence of my disabilities, where little is certain, developed my understanding of self and therapy. I then discuss how the specifics of my disability have led to an engagement with the effects of the hormone cortisol when considering the therapist-client relationship. Finally, I consider possible benefits of making non-visible disabilities more visible.

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