#disabled employment

[thedisablednaturalist]

Did you know, October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month?

This month highlights the work people with disabilities do in government, nonprofit, and private businesses.

For more information on NDEAM,

Did you also know that if you have a disability, you can access jobs in the federal government non-competitively? The WRP program allows persons with disabilities to circumvent the application process and be contacted by government employers directly. It also provides assistance with resumes. The WRP program application open enrollment is from August 26 to October 15th. To learn more, the WRP website is here:

Unfortunately this year's open enrollment has passed, but this gives aspiring applicants time to get their schedule A letter from a medical provider or disability counselor. For more information on schedule A:

All disabilities, including mental, physical, intellectual, learning, and neurological can receive a schedule A letter. This letter DOES NOT DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL DISABILITY. It just certifies that you have a disability.

This is how I got my position at the EPA, which has done a great job utilizing the schedule A process. This year was the first year that the EPA flew the disability pride flag at headquarters.

Feel free to send me asks if you have any questions, I'd also love to hear from others who have found success with schedule A and WRP.

[headpainmigraine]

All the above in relation to how your POTS effects your ability to work only.

It's vague because I felt the more specific version was too triggering.

[intergalacticgoose]

If you’re autistic in the professional world, you’re stuck with two options:

1. Don’t disclose you’re autistic and try to mask and risk losing your job when you inevitably fail to live up to allistic expectations

2. Disclose you’re autistic and risk being treated with kiddie gloves, possibly up until you’re driven out of the job by the condescending environment

You literally can’t win. You’re treated like your incompetent or lazy on the one hand, or like your (very reasonable!!) communication needs are massive inconveniences on the other. (I literally just communicate what I need and mean rather than trying to decode communication games in this edition of Professional Sims™️!)

The ideal would be to work around other autistic and/or disabled people, I guess. But even then, often in order to get there you have to go through a gauntlet of jobs and educational systems that are straight up not made for autistic people.

No wonder so many of us remain unemployed.

[richardnixonlibrary]

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month.

In May 1969, members of the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped visited President Nixon at the White House. William Passmore, Handicapped American of the Year, pinned a "Hire the Handicapped" button to President Nixon’s lapel. Also attending the event were Laura Passmore (mother of William), musical performer Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway (Wonder's mother), other committee members, and essay-winning teens. (Image: PAR.53.4.4)

[muzsmocsing]

The fact that Yin Yu's karmic punishment is essentially the same job Ling Wen has to do every single day in heaven is sick and twisted.

[kurgy]

ive been short this month and i have a dermatology appointment today for bloodwork and med review thats important, lost my ride last minute, and i can cover the appointment fees and everything but i cant cover transportation fully, im going either way i just might overdraft so hi if anyone can help with uber costs id appreciate it

paypal.me/kurgyy

[urbancripple]

I've been working for 22 years and I've only encountered another wheelchair user once and he was only at the company for, like, 6 months. It's exhausting. And before you chime in here with like "I feel you! I have <not a wheelchair user diagnosis> and I hardly ever see..." Stop. Don't. Please. I'm not interested. Maybe just read what I have to say, and take it in. Oh, and since I wrote more than three sentences in the article, I'll save you guys the effort: #longpost

[bothpartiesarebad]

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[chimera-dolls]

My morning routine is now literally: get up, open Tumblr, open specific doll tags, report anything that is not doll related. Kind of cathartic actually.

[bitchesgetriches]

NEW POST!

Short-Term Disability Insurance Is a Waste of Money… With Two Very Specific Exceptions

Here's an excerpt:

"In preparation for this article, I read a lot of stories from people who filed short-term disability insurance claims. I was dismayed but not surprised to see just how many people experience claim rejections.

As this ProPublica report explains, the claims rejection process is so murky it could easily be mistaken for a Rainbow Brite villain. On average, 20% of claims are rejected. But it’s often wildly erratic. One company rejected 66% of claims in one year, and 7% the next. And the sole arbiter of the claim is, of course, the insurance company itself. You know: the entity that has vast resources and a compelling financial interest in denying those claims?

HI, I DON’T LIKE THIS."

Keep reading.

[kasterborous-constellation]

hot take i think requiring employees to do work requiring focus directly next to 8 other people making noises and talking on the phone and not allowing the use of headphones is unreasonable

[nando161mando]

I don’t wanna be here anymore

[somecunttookmyurl]

all the while society conflates "being an adult" with "having a proper job" and "having money to make arbitrary Adult Purchases" disabled people who can't work - or can only work part time or can only do entry level baby jobs - will never be 'allowed' to be adults

you can say "being an adult is looking after yourself you don't have to have a job!!!" all you want but most people who say that will still assume anybody who doesn't either can't or won't 'look after themselves' actually. and every 'marker' of 'adulthood' that's observable and thus actually counts or whatever loops back around to... having a job and 'contributing' something

[defectivegembrain]

See sometimes being disabled can make it easier to see through bullshit about jobs and such because like. Something will be described as "unskilled labour" and I'm like that literally requires skills I do not have. Just because most people take for granted having them to at least some degree doesn't make them not skills. I am in awe of your customer service voice and your phone etiquette I don't know to do that and probably never will

[eyecandyandbraincandy-blog]

The problem with job hunting is it's dishonest and built into the system. It's not about showing you're "qualified" for the role. It's about knowing which buzzwords to use, how best to kiss their ass, and how to give off the best "vibes" in 30 seconds or less. And the kicker is none of it's standardized, and you're never given feedback on how to improve/why you weren't selected. It's neurotypicality at its finest and it's no wonder neurodivergents struggle so hard with it.

Your vibe hunting is bullshit.

[sysmemes]

Next time I can’t get in a store or on a bus because its “too expensive” to make shit wheelchair accessible or fix/maintain the wheelchair ramps, I’ll just remind myself that experiencing ableism is a choice and I’ll fucking teleport I guess. And when I get turned down from yet another job because they don’t want to deal with accommodating a wheelchair user, I guess I’ll just ✨ manifest ✨ enough money to afford rent, food, utilities, medication, etc. Theres no way ableism can affect me if I don’t “feel disabled” ❤️