Strypey on Nostr: So it also makes my blood boil when people say that being poor in Aotearoa only ...
So it also makes my blood boil when people say that being poor in Aotearoa only happens to those who don't work hard enough. It's not true, and it's cruel.
Some estimates suggest that around half of all neurodiverse people can't find secure, fulltime paid work:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018841381/the-neurodiversity-gap-in-our-workplaces
Not because we can't work, or don't want to work. Many of us work fulltime, unpaid, for years. But because most paying workplaces are unable to adapt to the way we work.
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Some estimates suggest that around half of all neurodiverse people can't find secure, fulltime paid work:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018841381/the-neurodiversity-gap-in-our-workplaces
Not because we can't work, or don't want to work. Many of us work fulltime, unpaid, for years. But because most paying workplaces are unable to adapt to the way we work.
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