A thread. 🧵 On Monday I was told that a board who has extended accommodations to me have been really helpful and obliging in meeting my needs and I should be grateful. Accommodations are not a favour. Accommodations are a mechanism to avoid discrimination.
I am thankful that they have chosen not to discriminate. I am not disproportionately thankful because they have not disproportionately provided accommodations above and beyond the letter of the law.
I found it very hard to know if/how to respond to this microaggression. I used a lot of emotional and mental energy trying to come to a decision about if and how to discuss this with the person. I found this source helpful: nytimes.com/2020/03/03/sma….
I am also acutely aware that I do not have a support network in #GCChat of GC’s with a disability/chronic illness. My best friend was a GC with the same condition as me. She is now dead - from the condition we share.
The one person I knew who understood my lived experience and challenges as a chronically ill person/GC is not accessible to me any longer. Working as a GC with disability/chronic illness is a very lonely experience. My feeling of inclusion in the profession is at an all time low.
I am sure that there are other GC’s in a similar position. Readers: you don’t need to care about me as an individual but it would be great if the profession could acknowledge and care about GC’s with disability/chronic illness much more widely and overtly.
If you are a disabled/chronically ill GC you can reach out to me. Let’s help each other feel less alone and more included. Let’s create a support networks for ourselves. Please share so GC’s with disability/chronic illness see this thread and can connect up if helpful.
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