Adding to the many difficulties endured by those with Meniere’s Disease is the problem of people not believing us because we don’t “look” disabled. Oftentimes they say just that: “You don’t look disabled.” Translated: “Hell, you don’t look disabled to me, you lazy, faking, no-good, bloodsucking, thief-of-my-tax-money!” Read about this phenomenon in this article written by Hank Atkins, who suffers from frequent random attacks of vertigo and who is struggling with diagnosis and disability issues.