As there’s a growing discourse on inclusivity and privilege taking place around a world, which has been heightened by the current pandemic, the intention is to bring awareness to the isolation that people with invisible illness go through everyday in silence.
Confronting the current structural inequities within the marginalised lived experience, using spoons as a metaphor to present the difficulty and frustration of their lived experience by drawing a parallel to the consumption of food between people with invisible illness and healthy ‘normal’ people. Hopefully leading to a future where society is more empathetic and inclusive towards people with disabilities to drive social change.
What is invisible illness?
An invisible illness is an umbrella term for any medical condition that isn't easily visible to others.
What is spoon theory?
First coined by Christine Miserandino, she used spoons as a metaphor for energy levels to describe the effort she expends so that “normal” healthy people can understand how she's feeling.
Currently this term is generally used by people in the invisible illness community.
Can you eat with this spoon?
Simple acts like eating can be impossible for those suffering from an invisible illness.
Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.
The images of the spoons are implemented into posters for the Disabled People's Association.
The posters hope to start conversation around people suffer from invisible disabilities and go through isolation everyday in silence.
Hoping to encourage the public to reflect and be more empathetic, leading to a more inclusive society towards people with disabilities.
