ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the unique challenges associated with invisible disabilities at work. It provides an overview of different flexible work arrangement types. The chapter explores the barriers preventing individuals with invisible disabilities from accessing flexible work arrangements. Although traditionally people tend to associate the term ‘disability’ with visible disabilities such as amputation, or blindness, many disabilities have no visible characteristics. Individuals with invisible disabilities face with unique challenges in the workplace. One of the reasons behind the slow, and imperfect, progress addressing the needs of invisibly disabled workers is that the term invisible disabilities covers a diverse group of people with complex needs. Efforts to find a common solution that will address the unique needs of all workers with different types of invisible disabilities contribute to the difficulty of finding such a solution. The chapter concludes with recommendations for future research and organizational practice.
