You’d be amazed at how invasive ableism can be…

Occupational and healthcare accommodations. I had to advocate for them through my case manager and counselor, neither of which were autistic, when I realized the darker side of the DEP Theory and ableism..

Suddenly, I realized I was screwed. Not only was I under so much pressure to advocate for accommodations (PTSD for example) that I was at high risk for causing the DEP, I couldn’t trust them because all the way to to corporate were not autistic.

👀

In an instant, I could trust no one and had no choice but to request not old, but new accommodations. I had to insist involving my counselor to advocate for me. But eventually, she insisted I transfer to get trauma therapy. When I refused (I needed economic integration, not more counseling), they forcibly discharged me.

In certain situations, you simply can’t trust non-autistic business personnel or corporate because they are not autistic. Ableism can be that invasive.