Thread by @WeAreDisabled

I touched earlier on inclusive working, and can’t over-stress how remote working/work from home, with flexible hours are so important in enabling the likes of me to be useful contributors to the economy, rather than a burden because culture doesn’t ALLOW me to work…

…in the traditional 9 to 5, in a location to which I’d have to travel. And the travel in itself would sap more spoons than I have. I tend to work seven/seven, as it’s the only way I can distribute the hours within my tolerance.

It has NOT been easy, keeping up a stream of work, whether as freelance, contracted, or labour hire. I most sincerely hope that employers learn the lessons of COVID, and that more inclusive workplaces are the result.

I’ve been lucky. Previous gig had a highly distributed workforce (pity they dumped us external contractors) and now…

An hour ago, I finished a meeting with @susiekahlich. She is a martial artist and self-defense trainer, in Berlin, I am a veteran IT generalist In Australia. We are working on bringing self defense training to women who need it, and in the most accessible format possible.

If we can coordinate a task like this, between continents, what is the excuse for “must be in the office?”