I keep thinking about how the average #beneficiary spends 50% of their income on #accommodation, which means the demographic costing our #welfare system the most is, in fact, private #landlords.
#NZPol

Another reason not to bother with Airbnb...

"He’d booked the apartment more than a month earlier, but barely a week before their departure, late last month, came a message from Airbnb saying his host had cancelled the booking. Instead of being hosted, he was ghosted. The property he’d booked was with a Superhost, supposedly the cream of Airbnb properties."

#travel #accommodation #airbnb https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/tim-s-airbnb-cancelled-last-minute-he-was-offered-a-bunk-instead-20250307-p5lhvv.html

I could use some community advice. I have multiple sleep disorders: apnea, insomnia, and "social jetlag," where my body disregards the local time and acts as if I belong in a timezone several hours behind the local time no matter what I do. I have treatments for these, including a CPAP and medication to sleep at night and be awake in the day, but even so, I am struggling mightily with the early morning meetings with my new job, to the point that being awake for them is ruining my productivity for the rest of the day.

Added to this, I'm autistic, which makes it hard to communicate my needs effectively, and I had a *very* bad experience in a previous job when went to HR about it to request an accommodation. (They forced me to take unpaid medical leave rather than allow me to adjust my work schedule slightly, and I had to interact with a very ableist HR person regularly from then on.)

How do I bring this up with my new boss and find a happy compromise that lets me do my job?

@actuallyautistic
#accommodation

Lots of awesomeness in this week's newsletter! We cover #access, #accessibility, reasonable #accommodation, improving accessibility to #housing and the #built #environment, #leadership opportunities, #transport feedback, reading #tools and #technologies, #event reminders, and more!

https://mailchi.mp/2b5cf997f460/be-seen-be-heard-be-connected-rmere-friday-11-october-2024

I was sick, and you said "You look fine to me".
I was sick, and you cast me off.
I was sick, and you used it against me.
I was sick, and you took my health care.
I was sick, and you battered and killed.
I was sick, and you fought for a wooden hammer.
I was sick, and you fought about blue and red.
I was sick, and you fought as the nations watched with disdain.
I was sick, and you fought the "wrong" while resembling it.
I was sick, as you fought for "all" but, forgot about us.

OutofExile_IDR ©2023

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My adaptation of Matthew 25:39 inspired by the work below. (Not an endorsement for religion or church)

I was hungry, and you blamed it on the communist
I was hungry, and you circled the moon.
I was hungry, and you told me to wait
I was hungry, and you set up a commission.
I was hungry, and you said "So were my ancestors".
I was hungry, and you said we don't hire over 35.
I was hungry, you said God helps those…
I was hungry, and you told me I shouldn't be.
I was hungry, and you told me machines do that work now.
I was hungry, and you had napalm bills to pay.
I was hungry, and you said the poor are always with us.
Lord, when did we see you hungry?

Adaptation of Matthew 25:37 by Anonymous – 1971

Image by Alex Velazquez from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/users/alex2171-3560452/

#disability #Politics #DisabilityEconomicJustice #CripTheVote #partisanship #humanity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #healthcare #Medicare #Medicaid #MentalHealth #accommodation #understanding #poetry #TearDownTheWall #PoetryNobodyWillEverFind

@disability @disabilityjustice @actuallyautistic

Hashtag Intro.
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The Proverbial list Evolved:

#InvisibleDisabilityRights #IDR
#LandBack Kahnawá:ke –Nia:wen kowa

Behind and beside: #CivilRights #MentalHealth #EndRacism #LGBTQIA #BLM #WomenRights #EqualPay #StopViolence #StopAsianHate #POC #Anti-AntiSemitic #EndBigotry for #everyone
#BeYou #BeKind #BePatient
#UnityConquers #TearDownTheWall

Focus – IDR:
#DisabilitySolidarity #DisabledCommunity #EndAbleism #StopAbleistHate #DisabilityAdvocacy #passionate #DisabledVoicesUnite #CrossDisabilitySupport #inclusion #ListeningEar #Here4All #NeurodivergentThinking #neurodiversity
#ConcussionAwareness #TBI #ABI #AnoxicBrainInjury #BrainInjury #SpineInjury #fibromyalgia #LimbDifference #ActuallyAutisic #OrthopedicDisabilities #SticksAndStones #BrokenBones #NaturesPharmaceutical #DisabilityAcceptance #StopAbleistHateCrime #StopAbleistSlurs #DisabilityEconomicJustice #CripTheVote #DisabilityLobby #Humanity #NonPartisan #research #Education #Knowledge
#UnityConquers #TearDownTheWall

Un peu de moi?
Je ne parle pas couramment Français. I like using #HashtagsNobodyWillEverSearch
#FilmMaking #Writing #poetry
Ex-#musician #Songwriter Passé
⚘ #GardenCreator extraordinaire. #FlowerGardens #PhotorealisticImagination
Et Bien plus encore.

, , , #accommodation for people with #InvisibleDisability
Just like many of us, this list is incomplete and still evolving. (he, him, they– any)

Blog page: @outofexileidr@outofexileidr.vivaldi.net
Mastodon blog profile: @OutOfExileIDR@vivaldi.net

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#Introduction time.
This isn’t great because I’m ill but I’d like to find my people here. Edit: I like abled people too! :)

I’m #Disabled by #ChronicIllness which is pretty bad at the moment. I have
#SevereME #AdrenalDisease #Hypothyroidism #HyperParathyroidism #Endometriosis #Migraine #POTS / #Dysautonomia #ChronicPain & more, all topped off with #LongCovid. Hello #NEISvoid.

My interests now include not being deathly exhausted, in pain, or being rejected by doctors for being too complex a patient. (If you know good #doctors in #Melbourne #Australia still taking patients, let me know! I’ve tried contacting literally hundreds. Yes tried NIIM, wary now.)

I’m also looking for an #advocate to help with #accommodation #NDIS getting a good #GP #carer / #caregiver & navigating the system. I can’t find good healthcare & running out of energy for this so I’m writing before I can’t reach out. Happened before & hell it’s scary to have no energy to even open your eyes. For months.

Oh, also trying to escape #abuse. Didn’t want to say that because I’ll wear it forever but hi.

Normally interests include #Auspol #healthcare #science #MedicalResearch #MMT #CulturalStudies #philosophy #film #FilmPhotography #music #writing & remembering what I’m interested in… Being sick & in survival mode ruins your leisure time.

https://www.twitter.com/Halcionandon for backstory.

It’s nice to be here.
Hope this place stays cosy.

(More tags: #MECFS #PwME #PwLC #MyalgicE #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #Spoonie)