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When chronic illness success triggers ableist assumptions

I got promoted despite my disability and my coworkers keep saying I only got it because of 'diversity quotas' like my qualifications don't exist.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Achievement while disabled becomes evidence of unfair advantage rather than recognition of your actual competence and effort.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Chronic illness and identity?”

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