🖋 SWANK Dispatch | 24 November 2024
“You Want Me in Therapy? Then Learn to Listen Without Sound.”
Filed Under: Adjustment Refused · Therapy Blocked · Community Blame Reversed · Systemic Ignorance · Parental Isolation · SWANK London Ltd
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Dear Kirsty,
“I’d love to go to therapy, but no one will provide adjustments for my disability needs…”
It is not a matter of willingness.
It is a matter of access.
And I am not the barrier.
“This limits my ability as well as my kids’ ability to integrate into the community at all.”
Yes—because exclusion is not always locked doors.
Sometimes it’s a silence that arrives after your request has been read and dismissed.
“It is not our problem. It is your community’s problem.”
Correct.
Because we are not malfunctioning.
We are misunderstood.
“You keep expecting us to behave like people who don’t have a disability—and we can’t.”
This is not noncompliance.
This is incompatibility with your ableist expectations.
Your mental health support is a maze with no ramp.
Your "inclusion" requires performance.
Your "care" comes with a voice-based entrance exam.
“Someone needs to call the mental health practice and help them understand…”
Until then, you’re not offering therapy.
You’re prescribing trauma rehearsal.
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📍 Archived Without Appointment.
Polly Chromatic
Accessibility Strategist & Community Outsider by Force, Not Choice
✉ director@swanklondon.com
🌐 www.swanklondon.com
© SWANK London Ltd. All Misunderstandings Noted.