#iiwk09 Fact #2 About 96% of illnesses are invisible. No visible signs and no assistive device used. http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #3 The significance of one’s faith has shown to help one handle a stressful medical event better http://ow.ly/6Otw

iiwk09 Fact #4 Sadly, the divorce rate among the chronically ill is over 75 percent http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #5 Plp with illness are young! 60% are between the ages of 18 and 64 http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #6 By 2020, about 157 million Americans will be afflicted by chronic illnesses. http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #7 90% of seniors have at least one chronic disease and 77% have two or more chronic diseases. http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #8 Depression is 15-20% higher for the chronically ill than for the average person. http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #9 Sadly, physical illness or uncontrollable physical pain are major factors in up to 70% of suicides. http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #10 About one in four adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. http://ow.ly/6Otw

#iiwk09 Fact #11 Invisible illness includes #autism, #bulimia, #migraine pain, #arthritis, #bi-polar disorder #depression. http://ow.ly/6Otw

more coming soon!

There are about 6 million registered Twitter users and it is expected that this will double to 18 million users by 2010.

We are a nonprofit with a deep cause we believe in–

(1) The awareness of the fact that most illness is invisible so that those with illness and those without, both understand that how one appears rarely expresses the amount of pain he or she is in.

(2) Those with illness can find encouragement. We want to spread the word about our 5-day virtual conference Sept 14-18, 2009.

Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc. are all great ways that you can help us in our efforts of spreading the word. Thank you for your passion!

Lisa