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maelorin at 12:41am on 30/03/2005
maelorin at 12:41am on 30/03/2005made a decision today. next time i get an interview, unless i have advice to the contrary, i'm gonna break the prepackaged format.
it just seems stupid that i have to successfully compete on an equal footing with others before i can get accommodations for my disability. if i was physically disabled, it would be less of an issue. and not being intellectually disabled is why i am qualified to actually do the kind of work i'm seeking. but socially disabled (at least socially different) means i am put in a position where i have to show i don't need assistance before i can get in the door - then i can get access to support in the workplace.
i'm applying for the disability support pension. the basic qualification being (at the moment) that i am unable to work 30hrs per week for at least two years because of my disability. well, i have no idea. i haven't worked 30hrs in any week in the past decade. any week. unless you count university study - and then, well, i get by nicely thank you without doing so much work - as much because of how i compensate for my differences as my amazing intellect. (if i didn't have to compensate so much ... well, i have no idea how much more effort i could put into other things because i put so much intellectual effort into meeting the 'normal' expectations of behaviour.)
the government is talking about changing the rules for dsp to require a person be unable to work at least 15 hrs a week to qualify. this is because so many people are on the payment now (about three quarters of a million people apparently) because the stupid little boxes they provide in other payment categories are not meeting the needs of many people who need assistance. everything is about employment for this government. and while that is an important consideration, being able to work is one thing: actually being able to get it in the first place, and then to keep it for long periods of time ... are equally important.
seems our government is all caught up on the 'if you can work, you ought to be working'™ thing, when a significant chunk of its 'problem' is actually about those people who possibly could be working, if they had enough support in other areas of their lives.
our government clearly considers disability to fall into 'intellectual' and 'physical', because while the dsp assessment process does recognise other kinds of disability it is very difficult to qualify. if i was blind i'd be on in a snap. if i was in a wheelchair i'd have a good run. auties, particularly autism spectrum disorder types like me have a difficult time meeting the criteria of the screening process (twenty or more points). and having had a long hard look at the 'criteria' in question ... i can understand why.
<sarcasm> fantastic. </sarcasm>
it just seems stupid that i have to successfully compete on an equal footing with others before i can get accommodations for my disability. if i was physically disabled, it would be less of an issue. and not being intellectually disabled is why i am qualified to actually do the kind of work i'm seeking. but socially disabled (at least socially different) means i am put in a position where i have to show i don't need assistance before i can get in the door - then i can get access to support in the workplace.
i'm applying for the disability support pension. the basic qualification being (at the moment) that i am unable to work 30hrs per week for at least two years because of my disability. well, i have no idea. i haven't worked 30hrs in any week in the past decade. any week. unless you count university study - and then, well, i get by nicely thank you without doing so much work - as much because of how i compensate for my differences as my amazing intellect. (if i didn't have to compensate so much ... well, i have no idea how much more effort i could put into other things because i put so much intellectual effort into meeting the 'normal' expectations of behaviour.)
the government is talking about changing the rules for dsp to require a person be unable to work at least 15 hrs a week to qualify. this is because so many people are on the payment now (about three quarters of a million people apparently) because the stupid little boxes they provide in other payment categories are not meeting the needs of many people who need assistance. everything is about employment for this government. and while that is an important consideration, being able to work is one thing: actually being able to get it in the first place, and then to keep it for long periods of time ... are equally important.
seems our government is all caught up on the 'if you can work, you ought to be working'™ thing, when a significant chunk of its 'problem' is actually about those people who possibly could be working, if they had enough support in other areas of their lives.
our government clearly considers disability to fall into 'intellectual' and 'physical', because while the dsp assessment process does recognise other kinds of disability it is very difficult to qualify. if i was blind i'd be on in a snap. if i was in a wheelchair i'd have a good run. auties, particularly autism spectrum disorder types like me have a difficult time meeting the criteria of the screening process (twenty or more points). and having had a long hard look at the 'criteria' in question ... i can understand why.
<sarcasm> fantastic. </sarcasm>
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