#ableism in the workplace

[disability-can-be]

Call for help via photos!

Hey dyspunks! I hope you're having an easy-symptoms day.

I, the fabulous Batmod, will be giving a talk on ableism in the workplace, and I need your visual assistance!

I am looking for photos (or artistic renderings) of the various inconveniences faced by the disabled which the able might not even notice. I'm talking boxes blocking pathways, weird supply organization, bizarre rules, terrible commutes, or anything else that visually represents a struggle you or a comrade face at work.

This is a conference dedicated to veterinary medicine, but any sort of workplace will do just fine. Feel free to include or separately submit stories as well.

I love you!

#disability #disabled #invisible illness #invisible disability #chronic pain #spoonie #chronic illness #ableism #ableism in the workplace

[jarjarblinks]

I Hate Working and So Should You

In meltdown mitigation mode.

I am so, so, so done with ableism in the workplace. Internalized, casual, systemic - done with it. I was told to speak up more in meetings if I want to keep my job and am just-?

I'm brand fucking new - and autistic. I haven't disclosed this or any other disabilities to my coworkers because quite frankly I'm just not at a point where I want to, but why can't we just leave others alone?

It's so commonplace to make quips about your co-workers and gossip about what they do or don't do, and I genuinely believe most of it just reinforces ableism. Why don't we shut up about what that person eats for lunch? Shut up about why they're 5 minutes late or need more remote days? Shut up about how they talk at meetings or what they wear?

As a Gen Z person who's only been in the workforce for a couple years, I'm disgusted by the behaviour of those older than me (millennials I'm looking at you too, this isn't just some boomer bullshit!!!)

AND not to compare oppressions, but as a Black, queer, disabled person, I find ableism is on absolutely fucking no one's radar in the workplace. Lots of race, sexuality and gender-related initiatives are performative, but like, they happen (disappointed shrug)?? Fucking no one talks about ableism and disability justice and I'm sick! of! it! (And truth be told you can't chip away at other forms of oppression without undermining ableism too so like fuck me and just get on board already!!)

#actually autistic #fuck capitalism #ableism #autism in the workplace #ableism in the workplace #disability justice #allistics back at it

[chriswhitewolf]

TFW you're so far into autistic burnout that your ability to mask is severely lessened and so you prioritize masking with customers but now you're getting accused of being angry and mean and rude so you're being told to reign in your temper when you'vs not been angry at all and are actively doing as much as physically possible to mask your tone with coworkers as much as you can but no one at work will listen to you when you explain that and insist you need to work on controlling your temper even though you've never lost it but they're not willing to actually listen to you and acknowledge that you're not the one at fault here and you'd honestly consider quitting and getting a new job except you're so far into autistic burnout you'd never pass a job interview and trying to go through the application and training process is too overstimulating to even think too hard about and you cant afford to not have a job so you're stuck working somewhere that won't respect your schedule and availability (even though yits pretty well completely open except for not being able to work open on Wednesdays) and is refusing to put even the slightest effort into accommodating your being autistic by just giving you a little grace when it comes to tone of voice with coworkers, not customers

#chris rambles #actually autistic #autism #working customer service #autistic adult #autistic burnout #which is actually technically acute neurological decline #but we call it burnout #cause its so common #ableism #ableism in the workplace

[crazycatsiren]

"But they can't just not hire you or fire you for being disabled!"

Oh yes they can. And they do. All the time and everywhere. They'll never say "because you're disabled". It's always "you're not meeting the standards and demands of the job", every time.

It's why, as much as I'd like to work again when I'm back in the States, I don't think I can go back to teaching. "If you can't handle what it takes to be a teacher then you shouldn't have become one in the first place" will be what I'm going to run into, because no school wants to accommodate a disabled teacher.

#disabled #disabled community #ableism #cripple punk #workplace discrimination

[sevspins]

fired for being autistic

being fired for being autistic a few weeks before autism acceptance month is crazy. people are very evil and they’re still not ready to accommodate autistic people in the work space. they only like us when they can SAY they work with us for brownie points but not when they have to “deal” with our autism.

#discrimination #autism #autistic #workplace abuse #unfair #autism acceptance #autism month #actually autistic #ableism #autistic community #workplace #workplace discrimination

[audhd-space]

IT IS NOT HARMLESS TO BE ANTI-SCIENCE, ANTI-MEDICINE AND NATUROPATH WHEN YOU ARE IN HIGHER POSITION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INFLUENCES YOUR DECISION MAKING.

#rant #personal #disability #workplace ableism sucks #spoonie #chronic illness #neurodivergent

[djuvlipen]

Studies from 2016 show that at least 15% of Roma people have a disability, amounting to over 1.6 million people between the European Union, the Western Balkans and Turkey. The available data highlights a high prevalence of disabilities among Roma communities, also due to the health inequality gap and poorer health condition of the Roma population. However, the information on Roma with disabilities is very limited.

To gain a better understanding of the discrimination and social exclusion that Roma with disabilities face in Europe, we have conducted a research study based on the data collected by the EU Agency on Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the research from the European Roma Grassroots Organisation (ERGO) Network. The outcomes and analysis are published in a joint EDF-ERGO Network briefing on discrimination and social exclusion of Roma with disabilities.

The briefing highlights a comparatively high risk of intersectional and multiple discrimination for Roma with disabilities, with the disability marginalisation adding to the systemic racial discrimination and antigypsyism that keeps them at the margins of society. Discrimination affects their access to basic services such as inclusive education, healthcare and long-term care, their integration into the job market and, in turn, their overall socio-economic condition.

Findings

Available data clearly show that Roma with disabilities encounter more obstacles than the average to complete quality education, 81% of them dropping out of education early. Early school abandonment and inequalities in educational outcomes are partly encouraged by the bullying and harassment that young Roma people with disabilities endure in school settings and that, according to the FRA, affect 27% of them, as well as by a general trend to falsely diagnose Roma children with developmental and learning disabilities, leading them to be placed in segregated schools with reduced curricula.

As a result of the low average educational attainment, young Roma with disabilities encounter numerous issues entering the labour market. Within the age bracket 16-24, 63% of Roma with disabilities is neither in education, employment or training – with the percentage raising to 84% for the people of the same age with high support needs. The situation is further worsened by discrimination during job search and on the workplace: many respondents claimed to have felt discriminated against when looking for a job, largely because of being Roma.

The limited access to education, lower access to employment, and unequal access to social protection make so that Roma with disabilities stand an exponentially higher chance of living below the poverty line: 82% of persons with disabilities with moderate support needs, and 90% with high support needs, are at risk of poverty. The marginalisation of Roma with disabilities also reflects on their access to the housing market: inability to pay rent and anti-Roma discrimination when looking for housing are part of the reason why 55% of Roma with disabilities experience housing deprivation and 75% live in overcrowded housing.

The Roma experience an overall poorer state of health than the majority of the population, with a higher prevalence of chronic illnesses and a lower life expectancy. Deterring them from accessing healthcare and long-term care are not only the high cost of treatments and the lack of information, but also discriminatory attitudes informed by antigypsyism. The ethnic discrimination intensifies for those with some form of disability: 18% of Roma with disabilities with moderate support needs and 17% of Roma with disabilities with high support needs felt discriminated against in accessing healthcare, compared to 12% of Roma without disabilities. It is also important to note that the inaccessibility of healthcare system and healthcare services create another discriminatory barrier for Roma with disabilities.

Conclusions

While some of the issues highlighted in our briefing could be addressed by separate Roma and disability policies, the current legal framework adopted by the EU does not offer a comprehensive protection for people facing intersectional and multiple discrimination, e.g. on grounds of ethnic discrimination and disability. Because of this, Roma with disabilities are left with limited protection of their rights and limited legal remedies to respond to their marginalisation.

We therefore, together with ERGO Network, recommend the EU and Member States to adopt targeted actions, in particular:

Increase the visibility of Roma with disabilities and address policy gaps at the European and national levels

Adopt a comprehensive EU equality law to prohibit intersectional and multiple forms of discrimination

Collect equality disaggregated data on people living in institutions in the EU;

Invest in housing first initiatives and targeted outreach measures to improve access to healthcare and long-term care services for Roma with disabilities;

Involve Roma with disabilities and their representative organisations in designing, implementing and monitoring policies that affect them.

#disability month #disability pride month #roma #education #housing #workplace #segregation #ableism #anti roma racism #Romani people and disability #racialized poverty

[chimaera0803-blog]

I hate when bosses tell you "if you're too sick to come into work then you need to be resting." It's so ableist. It completely ignores that contagion doesn't equal severity. Its very paternalistic and doesn't allow for reasonable accommodations. Thinking like this is part of why disabled and chronically ill people have a hard time keeping jobs.

If an employee is telling you they can be productive while caring for themselves and protecting others, it's not your place as a supervisor to prevent them from working.

#disability rights #disabled #chronically ill #chronic illness #autoimmine disease #spoonie #accommodation #work from home #public health #workplace discrimination #ableism #bodily autonomy

[tuurverheydepoetryandprose]

The most insidious manifestation of mental health stigma/discrimination is denial. What do you say to someone who fundamentally doesn’t believe you have whatever you’re diagnosed with, or doesn’t believe it’s serious or doesn’t even believe your disorder actually exists as a neurobiological condition? That last one is surprisingly common. Plenty of people will acknowledge the existence of depression, for example, but only as a psychological experience, acting as if its effects on sleep, appetite, focus, memory, reflexes, energy levels etc. are either exaggerated or invented.

Otherwise intelligent people will silently dismiss the scientific consensus on mental illness, just because it is inconvenient. The dehumanisation that happens when someone does that to you, when someone just decides for you that your mental health is irrelevant to your ability to function is hugely impactful.

It creates a massive rift between yourself and the person engaging in the denial. The person in denial has made the wilful decision to think less of you, to reframe any future action to reflect badly on you. In so doing, they are lessening their own ability to respond rationally and with empathy and emotional intelligence. This makes them a serious liability to people who depend on their judgment.

You, as the subject of this dehumanisation, are trapped in an impossible situation: you want to function healthily and without friction etc. But you know that any sign of competence will be used to further dismiss the severity of your disorder, while any mistake, any slowness, any sign of incompetence will be used to brand you as lazy, sloppy and careless.

If you’re doing well, you’re not really mentally ill.

If you’re failing, you’re just a fuck-up.

All the workplace seminars around communication, cooperation, integrity, mental health awareness etc. mean nothing if people fundamentally do not accept that neurobiology is central to most of our behaviour and our abilities.

Some people flatter themselves by choosing to believe that reason and willpower should be in control of the mind, but all they doing is obfuscating the neurochemical processes really at work here. They are trying to turn an insanely complex phenomenon (the mind) into a simple personal responsibility. It is incredibly irresponsible to engage in such reductionism (both explicitly and implicitly) especially when it concerns the health and wellbeing of another person.

Mental health & mental illness are neurological and physiological as much as they are psychological. If you do not accept this or behave as if you don’t, then you are causing wilful harm and you are unfit to be in any position of responsibility or leadership.

In general, the world would be a much better place if they people refrained from passing judgement on things they know little about. Vibes are not knowledge. If you don’t have the actual expertise, personal experience or research you need to understand someone’s mental condition/disorder then you are unfit to make any claims or decisions about it.

#mentalhealth #mental illness #neurodiverse stuff #neurodivergent #stigma #denial #mental health stigma #workplace #work #neurodivergent writer #neurodivergence #actually neurodiverse #neurodiverse things #ableism #mental health #depression #bipolar #online culture #workplace culture

[disability-can-be]

Me: commute time affects how well I can perform at my job

Ableds:

#disability #invisible illness #invisible disability #spoonie #ableism in the workplace

[jarjarblinks]

Fuck I’m so! Annoyed! So frustrated at the never-ending plight of (internalized) ableism!! At the “I should go in even though I’m mentally/physically unwell”, the “If I don’t do abc I’m not good enough”, the “Everyone will judge me for taking a second for myself”. Fucking fucking hell I hate this capitalist hellhole!

#ableism #fuck capitalism #actually autistic #autism in the workplace #endometriosis #pcos #heds

[bred-is-a-dumb-name]

You ever just get told something so fucking ableist it makes you unable to calm down?

Anyways don't tell disabled people shit like "ph well nobody else gets [insert accommodation here] so why should you?" Or "Well don't sit there complaining about the constant Neverending pain your in" or "if anyone should sit it should be me since I've been here all day".

All I asked for was a chair not a lecture

I am. Seething.

#ive never considered quitting a job so hard before the goddamned disrespect #and idk if this could be tied back to me i doubt anyone here knows what a tumblr is but i do not care #imagine telling ur disabled employee to stop complaining when all they did was asl for a chair #told me to go home if i couldnt stand despite literally threatening to fire me over that last time i did it but okay then #fuckin hell i hate it here #bred.txt #rant #tw: ableism #ableism #actually disabled #cripplepunk #endo #endometriosis #disability #workplace ableism #fuck capitalism tbh #bullshit fr fr

[starlooove]

That tweet is making me lose my

Mind

#antiblackness is not just saying slurs it’s saying the things we go through is nobody’s fault #like irl too but rn I’m too fucked up over the casual racism in my workplace so let’s bring it to fandom :3 #the ‘escape’ #but yeah it’s nobody’s fault Damian is demonized to an extent literally nobody else is #it’s nobody’s fault that Duke is ignored or mischaracterized to prop up white characters #it’s nobody’s fault that cass is seen as the lotus and dragon lady by literally all of fandom and then simultaneously desexualized bc of #ableism and orientalism #everyone’s doing it everyone’s contributing these are THE most popular tags and tropes #but it’s nobody’s fault #I’m so sick of it #t

[intergalacticgoose]

Some more (unfortunately not fun) autistic things:

Does anyone else notice people in the workplace/school/social groups just starting to be cold to you for no discernible reason?

Like, things start off great, and you’re getting along and chatting it up, and then slowly, or sometimes all of a sudden, they’re not smiling when they talk to you, or they cut you off when you’re talking, or interrupt for no reason? And you’re not sure what happened?

This has happened to be a few times, mostly in highly social professional settings, and I’m starting to wonder if it has something to do with autistic communication.

My partner shared a study with me demonstrating that autistic peer-to-peer communication is much more effective than autistic-to-allistic communication. This goes against the common conception (or perhaps misconception) that autistic people have this inborn communication *deficiency.* Rather, it’s a communication *difference* that allistic people are simply not willing to match.

I’m a decent communicator, but I think about some of my own communication quirks—repeating things, being direct, not reading subtext, taking slower to speak and respond—and I wonder how much communication differences impact how we interface with others. What I don’t understand is why some allistics choose to respond by being mean. Not all, but some. It makes me wonder if ableism really is that ingrained, that we’re conditioned to respond to difference with social chilliness, if not outright hostility. The irony is that my communication starts to fail once I pick up on negative social cues, which I then respond to by trying to make myself smaller, quieter, and more unobtrusive.

Of course, it is entirely possible that I’m misreading situations and assuming the worst, as I am wont to do. But I’ve also never not been autistic. I don’t know any other way people could respond to me, or any other communication style. I don’t have an easy comparison. You simply just don’t know.

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #autistic things #autistic adult #autistic communication #autism community #ableism #workplace #professional life #disability #anxiety

[raffaellopalandri]

Book of the Day - Demystifying Disability

Today’s Book of the Day is Demystifying Disability, written by Emily Ladau in 2021 and published by Ten Speed Press. Emily Ladau is an internationally known disability rights activist, speaker, and author. She is the editor-in-chief of the Rooted in Rights blog and co-host of The Accessible Stall podcast, both about disability issues. Demystifying Disability, by Emily Ladau I have chosen this…

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#ableism #Ally #Demystifying Disability #Disability #Emily Ladau #inclusion #intersectionality #Raffaello Palandri #Workplace

[audhd-space]

update: sorry for being away, struggling with health and at risk to keep my job

my flexi work hour is taken away bcs of a new rigid director who didn’t believe in accommodation and making workplace better

i still did not get my flexi hour but if I arrived late to work, my deputy director told me to get his signature for approval and this matter will not escalate further to the management level

#workplace ableism sucks #hey i’m still alive #neurodivergent #chronic illness #disability #chronic pain #autism #audhd #spoonie #adhd