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Why disability accommodations reveal workplace ableism

My disability makes me need accommodations that my coworkers complain about behind my back and I cannot tell if I am asking for too much or if they just do not understand what equality looks like.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Requests for basic accessibility often expose how much ableist assumptions are embedded in definitions of normal productivity and participation.

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