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You can listen to this podcast in a number of places:
- Spotify
- Apple Podcasts
- RSS feed (to open in your preferred listening app)
- YouTube
This website is the only place which has the script for the episode.
I know some platforms and apps have automatic transcriptions but I cannot endorse AI and will not take responsibility for their accuracy.
Episode Script:
This is a short episode. It’s a blog post I wrote in 2024. What if I don’t want to work anymore? This episode doesn’t have answers, it asks questions.
What if I don’t want to expose myself to ongoing ableism in recruitment and employment? Sadly, recruitment and employment are often traumatising experiences. We are expect to smile through microagressions. Expected to not make a fuss. Labelled bad if you raise ableism or issues.
People love to talk about what is reasonable.
So why is it considered reasonable to expect reasonable to expect people with disability to constantly expose themselves to unsafe working environments?
Is constant abuse and harassment reasonable? Most… um, reasonable people, would say no.
So why are we expected to work, to expose ourselves to this?
What if I don’t want to anymore?
Links referenced in the episode:
Recorded and edited by myself, Vanessa Smith.
Intro and outro music by Ben Dawson.
