In public, disability and employment is often talked about in terms of entry level employment only. Within a report published by WWDA there was an interesting comment: “Employment supports tended to be catered to entry level jobs and were not tailored to people’s capabilities. Those with physical disabilities or chronic conditions reported the only […]
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Being headhunted as a disabled person
Fairly often, people will reach out to me about a job they have vacant. As I’ve explained before, I disclose my needs immediately in recruitment. It saves me wasting my time. Unfortunately, the large majority of the time, simply needing adjustments means that you get ghosted by people. They’ll just go silent on […]
One problem with “reasonable” accomodations
One of the many problems with “reasonable” accomodations (or adjustments, if you prefer that terminology) is that if you have a disability they’ve never seen before, simply learning about your disability is often “unreasonable” to them. Because omg they’ve met and accommodated one disabled person before and you’re totes being rude by making them […]
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Disabled? Work in disability!
As many people know, I had a lot of issues in finding a job in 2023. As someone who has to disclose my disability immediately, I don’t have the option to just slip my needs in later. In 2025 there was a period I started looking for work again due to funding uncertainty. As […]
Disclosing your disability at work
“Just don’t disclose your disability until you’re hired!” We’ve all heard it before. Employment can be a very ableist space. Unfortunately, there comes a time or a type of need where you can’t not disclose, because you need accommodations from the very start of the recruitment process. Take me for example. I […]
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My needs are not wrong, your service is wrong
I was doing some prep reading for an interview at my job this week (you can listen to it here or the version with transcript here) on foundational supports and it had me reflecting on my attempts (in 2024, in 2025, and the complaint and the response to the complaint) about trying to get some […]
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Fix your skill deficit
A new major disability project in Australia has a role available for director of the project. This project has great funding behind it. The job is advertised as remote / work from home. It’s only when you get to the position description that it informs you that you have to go to meetings […]
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The performative parts of work
I’ve had this topic floating around in my head for a long time. I don’t know how to approach it. I think people will hate it and dismiss it. But when someone else mentioned it on social media, I chimed in. Why not? And it was surprisingly positive. Image description: Threads post by username […]
What if I don’t want to work anymore?
This is a tweet I shared last year. If you were around me in 2023 you know I’ve been through mega fucking piles of fucking ableist wank bullshit. (And yes, that’s the nicest way I can put it.) I’m starting a blog post on an “unacceptable” topic: What if I don’t want to work […]
Not disabled enough
I had a flash back to reading an enterprise bargaining agreement. I know, I have had a wild life. Part of the agreement included a way to kick people out of the university based on health. It did mention that if you’re going through this process, you should engage with your super fund to see if […]