What is Disability Discrimination and How to File a Complaint in 5 Minutes 😱🧾🙅♀️
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2022
- If you're like me, you may feel you've been discriminated against but feel unsure of what to do about it or how to voice your frustration. This video explores disability discrimination according to the Americans with Disabilities Act and offers definitions, examples, and online resources to help you file a complaint with the right organization. 🧾👩🏻⚖️👍
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About the Channel (0:42)
One of my 2022 Goals (1:23)
My Personal Experience with Disability Discrimination (1:47)
Using the Term “Disability” (2:29)
I think THIS can be the most successful way to navigate discrimination
Here’s What Happened To Me (4:07)
What is Disability Discrimination? (4:43)
Types of Discrimination (5:29)
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (6:55)
How the ADA defines a person with a disability (7:58)
Examples of Disabilities according to the ADA (8:26)
Areas in which ADA prevents discrimination (9:20)
Examples of Disability Rights Issues (9:36)
Filing a complaint (9:57)
Who can you file a complaint against? (10:15)
ADA Mediation Program (12:30)
How to File a Complaint (13:35)
Resources (15:20)
Autistic Meltdowns (15:58)
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File a Complaint with Department of Justice civilrights.justice.gov/report/
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I'm Tay, a married mom of 2 who was diagnosed with Autism at 31 years old. This was after YEARS of therapy (and all of the self tests in the world!). My diagnosis has brought up questions, frustration, doubt, but most importantly, a new level of self compassion and understanding.
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Females are under-diagnosed due to lack of research. Please share any videos that are helpful to you so we can spread awareness and acceptance.
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i’m on disability and have been bullied by coworkers. yes i collect disability because of asd but i also can work part time. people see an able bodied woman and think i’m making it up. sigh.
so sorry to hear about these struggles. you are not alone. hang in there!
That a disability people can't see
When we lived in MT we had our autistic son enrolled at Headstart at age 2. They didn't want to take him full-time like other students saying they wanted him to be "successful" which I believe meant was having zero meltdowns and obedient. At one meeting I had with the school a staff member said "Well we're not a special needs school." He is very active and I do think they were overwhelmed and inexperienced, but with our income I had no other options for childcare. It was a very stressful time, our family wasn't close, and I didn't know I was autistic either. I hope in our new area we won't have to deal with disability discrimination, but if so I feel better equipped for the future. Thanks for making this video. 💛
I’m glad it was helpful and again, sad we need videos like this! I hope you do find more appropriate and enthusiastic care for your wonderful son!
I'm an autistic adult homeless person
I've tried filing complaints before (disabled 15 years), and nothing has ever happened. The same companies violate the same laws. I always believed in open, honest, and informed conversations, and the innate desire of people to make change when problems are brought to their attention. At 49, I realize I was wrong.
I don't know how to live as a profoundly disabled woman when, in a major hospital in the US, I can be denied access to (and ridiculed for asking for) a wheelchair, access to a toilet, and feminine hygiene products for a heavy period. This happened in Albuquerque, NM, in 2024. THIS YEAR. And not a single activist or attorney I spoke with about it thinks that was a problem. What is wrong with the disabled community when one of its own can say she developed a bad rash from laying in her own menstrual blood for 24 hours, and NO ONE THINKS THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THAT? "Not about us without us." We're leaving potentially thousands of our own people behind because we forgot how hard we fought for the few rights we have.
I doubt I'll even get a response to this. The disabled community in the United States has lost their souls. No one stands up for anyone except themselves. I thought I could speak with an ADA lawyer and create change for OTHERS with the little time I have left. The hospital responsible has been doing this for years, and complaints have been filed.
I think it's time for people with disabilities to open our eyes. There may be a law in place, but filing complaints isn't going to get us anything but a letter saying" even if we don't act in your case, rest assured that we keep these records yada yada yada." We need real change. Even if you only have one challenging diagnosis (like autism), you have millions of brothers and sisters worldwide who may have more. The strongest have to take on this fight for those of us who are too weak or dying.
I also live in nm. I have been on disability for 11 yrs due to rare neurological diseases and I have been treated as if I am a criminal. I would give anything to not be sick and work. Alot of people have no empathy for disabed people, but I do believe in karma.
This is good info for people with any kind of disability.
It might be good to see a video on how to disclose a disability to an employer and request accommodations. My own state has a really helpful website for this.
You’re the best person ever for the disability community thank you
I think that my mom is autistic I know she’s on the spectrum, but before I was born, I know that she went to prison due to the bank, placing money in her account on accident and then when she saw the money, she thought God gave it to her and went out and spend it. She then spent time in prison for this, and I cannot stand to think something like this could ever happen again to someone else
Hi Taylor. Very sorry you were discriminated against! You took the proverbial lemons and made lemonade. Thank you for sharing this information.
You’re welcome Bryan! Good to hear from you.
I love your intro. As a sensory avoidant individual it’s not too much. I love it
Oh so glad to hear this!! Thanks for the feedback.
I love this! Thank you. I’d love to have more specific info on the EEOC (I think that’s the correct acronym) process to file a complaint and/ or work with the employer.
Loving the new T-shirt.
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In Canada, to file a disability discrimination complaint, you have to contact the Canadian Human Rights Commission. They expect you to try and resolve the matter on site yourself, but if that proves ineffective, there is an online form, as well as a toll-free phone number.
Thanks for this info!
@@MomontheSpectrum There are provincial Human Rights Tribunals too. The Canadian one only works for federally regulated sectors like transportation and banking.
I wanted to say last time how much I love the new Mom on the Spectrum opening sequence, with all the moving colours. That's so stimmy. I also want to say how distressed I felt for you, hearing about the incident you described, and that the person was not open to switching to email or learning more about autism. I hope I'll be brave enough to ask for accommodations like that in the future, even knowing that it might not be well received. I'm sure we have an online system quite similar in Canada for filing a complaint. I'll look it up. We have to keep believing that there are people out there who will say, "No problem, I can accommodate." I know I certainly would accommodate any disability I came across to the best of my ability. So they must exist 😊
I love the opening too! Super pretty and cheerful 😊
I think we can all help to make this more of a reality by doing what we are doing! Learning and being open to taking new steps or doing what is available in that moment to advocate for ourselves. It’s a tough line to walk.
And thanks to y’all both for the comments about the opening sequence!! I spent so much time trying to find something that spoke to me and matched my vibe and then I saw THIS and knew it was it. I agree it’s so stimmy and I love watching it!! 🌈
This is such a wonderful video and I empathise with your experience so hard it hurts. I am not openly autistic- I don't disclose to ANYONE, ever. It took so much bravery for you to disclose that information and kudos for advocating for yourself! I hope they learn from this experience, and take the opportunity to educate themselves!
Thank you!!
Hey also, UA-cam deleted your other comment. I can’t see what it said but if you’d like to try reposting it, feel free, or you can email me through the link in my description. Sorry about that! I don’t have any control over what they delete and it is frustrating.
We need to yell it from the rooftops to get society to take notice of us I’m Neurodiverse and trying to advocate for better I’m 41 and no other Neurodiverse individual should ever have to suffer what I have to live their authentic life
Thanks!
Hi Tay, thank you for this video. There is strong legislation here to include disabled people and avoid discrimination. But for mental health and neurodiversity, the path is much harder. It's a very long discussion, but in South Europe, mental health still has a huge stigma. I was discriminated against even by my former therapist. That's why, despite I'm a level 2 autistic, I'm struggling for legal recognition. I hope to have my legal diagnosis before the end of this year. By the way, I really love your outfit.
It hurts my heart to hear there is still so much progress to be made. I’m sorry you have faced this level of discrimination, especially with someone who is supposed to be trustworthy and supportive like a therapist. Thank you for sharing this part of your journey here. 💓
@@MomontheSpectrum Thank you.
I had a similar experience at a workplace and also had to file a grievance after not being able to solve it in communication with the person. The hostility was awful. I was compensated with a small settlement but it wasnt worth the pain and suffering i endured physical, mental, and financially. I wish I had known about this before bc I didn't feel I had the mental energy or funds to get a lawyer. Now it's too late bc I signed something just to be able to get the small settlement
This is why it's important to vote for the right people instead of voting based on what everyone says.
Hello such blessings I've been waiting for this a long time .
I've suffered of my learning disability
I actually got fired having a learning difference very painful being a special Ed all my life was just hard .
Hey Taylor !! thank you for talking about this. I will have to look up what is available to me in the UK. xx
You get me.
Different skills and different abilities.
Difference in abilities.
Some abilities are low due to nature and nurture,,
Some abilities are similar to most.
Some abilities are expert or different or strengths.
Yet some pretend you are less than and disrespectful behavior is a cause of emotional distress and physical hardship.
I got written up on an annual performance review for poor penmanship... I have ASD and Dyspraxia.
Thank you.
I like your hat.
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I was bullied and got a complaint about my behaviour. I have autism and I work for my city. I put in a complaint and the outcome was that “I’m responsible for my mannerisms which is due to my condition so the coworker has a right to be offended by my behaviour and can complain about it.” The whole thing was so traumatizing that I reached suicidal thoughts. Then the Director told me I should be grateful for the time and effort they put in to do the investigation.
oh my goodness! I am SO sorry to hear about this. That is NOT ok.
I wish we had that kind of legislation in Canada. We don’t have the same teeth that you have in USA. Plus how it is framed out. We have commissions and the people doing the rulings have and could have a mind on there own.
I think pushing back on using the word disability will BACKFIRE.
support, services etc REQUIRE that word.
What do you do when people with disabilities discriminate against you, because of your blindness with PTSD. With belittling you because you can’t see well? I’ve been asking for assistance and accommodations.
I have had issues with jobs in the past but I am not sure if this would have helped. I was not aware I had autism then but I did know I had learning disabilities. And did have issues at work. I don’t think that made my supervisors happy. One supervisor asked me if I was slow and when i told her I had learning disabilities she got mad I hadn’t told her. (I didn’t think it was an issue at that time but I guess it was but what ever. I don’t have to disclose) anyways she was mad. And told me I should have told her for what I don’t know. Luckily I was offered a job that evening (lucky timing) and I quit the next day with no notice. Don’t call me slow. The next job was at a bank. And I do have dyslexia but I deal with it ok. I was fine with my job until year 3 when I started having issues why I don’t know and I would have errors that only my boss would see and that made her mad. I also asked the customer how to spell things. My boss said my lack of spelling ability was an issue. Or something like that. When I started getting written up she said I never told her I had learning disabilities or dyslexia. When I did get fired the big boss fired me with misconduct and said I made mistakes on purpose and they tried to not let me get unemployment. I had to go to trial like thing to fight to get my unemployment. I did get it but it was stressful. I don’t know if these people just want to be mean or they hated me. I am not a mean person. I try to be nice. I tried to see what I could do back then to say hay this isn’t nice so they wouldn’t do it to other people but I didn’t know where to go. This happened a long time ago but it still hurts.
I'm so sorry to hear about your experiences! You didn't deserve to be treated like that. 💛
@@whitneymason406 thank you for saying that. 😊. I hate to think that they continue to treat people like that. I don’t want others to go through what I did.
Your story is heartbreaking and infuriating. I’m so sorry you’ve gone through this. I was telling someone today that it is doubly unfair to not only suffer mistreatment but then bear the burden of responsibility for communicating openly about it in a way that can bring about change. Sometimes it’s all just so much. 💔 thank you for sharing your story here. I’m sure it will help others who read it feel less alone.
I'm so sorry, you're not alone, I think we have a lot in commons about bad job experiences.
i had a boss print out webmd paper on adhd and had it to me. ive had coworkers straight up call me slow. i’m still hurt too and i wish they didn’t have that power over me. i’m on disability now and said goodbye to that world. best revenge is living good.
If it is a discrimination against a disabled person by a Physician .
What agency Amy help with that ? Thank you ! I admire you ! I love your channel !
If I am not able to use stairs, but my apartment building is not fixing the elevator.????
Thanks so much for this information 😍
In response to the very helpful open ended question re: what does this type of thing look like in y'all's worlds - the national employer:
I'm dealing with rn is not letting me have an option to communicate when I'm nonverbal??
Legally only, my family, or, a person I'm legally married to, can communicate on my behalf re: any medical info.
Unfortunately, my family is super toxic, but my partner is wonderful - but still we're def not ready to get married over this specific corporate hiccup lmao.
wow sounds like a frustrating predicament at work! glad you have a supportive partner and I hope you can work through options for communicating when you're nonverbal. I know that's tough.
I have a really bad anxiety and mental illness related issues with socializing and managing stress as well as autism. I've been denied access to fun school events because I was unable to attend full days of school (which I had an accommodation in my IEP for) and they still decided to punish me for my "poor attendance." I was also never able to take the SATs because they refused to accommodate me in any way during the testing process. High School sucked for me
so sorry to hear this! I wish you would've had the support you needed and deserve!
Hey do this information apply to Puerto Rico also? The lady didn't want to renew my IEP and actually cancelled my appointment because I couldn't talk to her in Spanish and didn't let my fiancee be my translator. What's crazy is that she spoke to me in good enough English.
My doctor won't let me stim because it annoys her. I need to stim in order for me to speak effectively. I'm in the process of looking for a new doctor.
Sounds like a good decision! Hope you find someone who will support you the way you deserve to be supported.
I attempted to download the emergency card, and nothing happens?
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A disability is defined as a condition that causes distress or limitations in every day life.
So while being autistic is natural and its just a neurological difference, due to 98 to 99% of the pop being NT, NDs have a disability as their livelihood is limited as the world revolves around NT brains and under their rules, explicitly giving NDs a disadvantage.
Do I think me being autistic alone is a disability? No.
However my meltdowns (which are seen as actual tantrums, not a conditional behavior) causes me to have severe limitations in just healthcare. I need sedation, for example, as I'm extremely sensitive to pain, but there's no way I actually need that so if I start crying or say not to touch me in certain places, then yeah, that's circumstantial disability.
Thank you for sharing this perspective!
Filing against YT due to discrimination
does anyone know how to tell if a meme is ableist? i saw someone im friends with on Snapchat post something that might be ableist, so i reported it to Snapchat for hate speech, but im unsure if i should also reply to the story being like “hey this meme is ableist for xyz reasons” If anyone is open to helping please do thanks
Doesn't this only help those who have a diagnosed disability?
My supervisor likes to use rainman references for me. Imagine how offended and disrespected I felt when he did in front of our boss during my yearly evaluation meeting. They both laughed.
Ouch! That’s so upsetting.
@@MomontheSpectrum yeah it’s definitely changed how I interact with those particular people. Work way too hard to be disrespected so blatantly
Rain an actually had a different condition. Not autism. Look it up so you can correct their ignorance if it ever happens again.
*Rainman
@@lynettecarey2412 I’ve never seen the movie tbh so I really have no clue except for what pop culture references tell me. THANKFULLY I have a new supervisor that is the exact opposite of my former one. He’s even trying to help me elevate myself professionally and tells me all the time how appreciated I am. It’s actually been really wonderful as all my previous bosses have been pretty awful.
I ambeing badly harassed by SS/dis im 56 yeas old I have a neck and lumbar fusion, they just put me through a review itwo years ago, i had tomove because of violent road rage attacks where they chased me down mystreet after running to DOllar General to get my dogs treats, at 10 p.m. i was terrifred, it never stopped the violence that they told me I would go through dying, i wsa csonstantly threatened they were going to burnmy house down, my dauhghter was helping them i w=moved back to Florida after leaving there because of her life style and job choices , with men and magazine, and it was not good , it killed me, it changed her and her medicaltion make s her violent, with everyone, she got beat up several times and would uber to my house, police were involved that alonewas killing me but she to was helping them, they dont care that her friends wer dying, and her life was at risk, they used her, and her addctions to hurt me, i finally got out of thtere after realizng the police didnt put anythign not one of thte violent threats against mylife on the polcie reports the things they did to me are shocking, and changed me , how i trust people and forever, i can't beleive what has happend to me, and i got out of ther, and moved again barelyaf ter they caught completely burned down the hosue two dooor down from me, they also use my neigbors everywhere i go, im poor so i dot live in areas where people have alot of educations and money, ususally the poorest areas are all i can afford so people are very easy to control , intimidate, one gy in floridad came to my house crying told me he wsa so sorry they were making him come to my house and he was so afraid if he didnt do whatever they told him they would do ti him what they did to me i moved again , IM not putting how they constantly called me after i called the sheriffs complaining my police reports were incorrect, leaving off the violents threats assaults and intimidation, threats to burn myhosue down withme and my dogs in it off the reports they called my phone one day alone 17 times telling me to prepare for FINAL EXPENSE< i knew my life was in danger, i moved quickl aftet the house burnt=ed down two down from arson, i was shaking eveyday uncontrollable, thinking that day was going tobe emy last, they tell everyone not to help me, claiming imon drugs im ad rinnker with mental problems people believe them not knowing what has ahppened, not one person wouldhelp me they have complete control of my phone, i moved to Texas where I thought peple are friendly they wont getAgencey terrorizing me, withthe threat of my onlhy source of income, i am 56 years old turning 57 in July, and they asssaulted me in FLorida grabbing myneck fusion smashig my face, i was terrified and live in fear of that starting here, i was told while in Walmart i Lubbuck to kill myself and save them the trouble, How do you survive when the people youar going to for help, are paying these evil people to do this to you, I am going through another review again, they are showing up at my IMAGING APPTS and haveing an impact on how I am treated, and the results i have many copies of iaging reports, from years ago, I need help surviving this , they are going to leave me with no inocome, and i wont be able to survive, i want a Federal COUrt date about my ri? ghts and want people subpeoonad, that have helped them I need someone that isn't afraid of these people that are involved and doing terrible things to me please help me I DONT WANT ANY MONEY1 you can have anything i want to live in peave thats all I want, i want to be able to sleep without worrying my house is going to get buned down with me inside, In NC the guy said they would poor gasoline all around the perimeter of my house, and I wold be stuck inside, with mlittle dogs that dont deserve death because these peoplel hate me how do you survive when the people threatening your wholelife and your income are the ones doig all the horirrible ahrassment, ? I dont want anyone hurt or damaged in anyway, iw ant people to think about others lie to get you to do bad things, they arent worried about you committg felonies, that destroy someone else life, someone please help me i am filing a complaint for discrimination in one of their programs, i live in Crosbyton close to Ubbock, Texas, I need help i am drug tested , urine and blood, and they are liars the people that are doing this horrible stuff tome, i know they love it watching the person suffer, it is horrible, i've never hurt anyone , IN MY LIFE my mom Carol i had foster parents from 5 months old bioligcal mother would complete the adoption because the whole time i loved with t=my foster partents she was receving benefits for me, but they were ok with that so good for me, i escaped her, she wa an alcoholicn life was tough at her home, very bad, i was very lucky my mom Carol and Dad JOhn were the most wonderful parents loving caring kind both worked har, my mom was the secretary of the furst Baptist church , we had the best life anyone could ever want, I have never hurt anyone and dont hurt peoples feelings either, never, what is being done to me is crimainal at many levels, its jsut wrong, i neeed help, I have titanium sticking out of my neck i've been begging for help one of my dr's in FL, told me about my nerve damage in my arm, it is causing great pain inmy right shoulder, he then went on to tel me he had seenthem ahrass people but nothing like the horrible harassment theywer edoing to me, he said he was worried about my saftey, i didnt know but they were there that day and followed to my car, threatneing me spitting on my calling me horrible names i was terrifed, but knew who it was i thought it wa Liberty Mutual who wsa told to pay for my expenses related to my injuries ONLY for life until i die socururiy put them on my medicar as my primary so i couldnt go to the Dr's they know this is not the case, but how do you beg them for help when they are the ones doing all this stuff to me, I NEED LEGAL HELP< WITh this review that iw as just told I would nt probably ever go through again, at my age, and injuries, but once again they want to have someone to hurt intimdate and force to live in frear, someone please help me mandy-foster10@hotmailcom
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I thought food not tasting good was Covid's fault! 🤪
Come to learn about how to fight disability discrimination and all she does is talk about herself, her clothes, and how it should target helping _only_ her. Big thumbs down.