Loops 🍑 :audhd: :ir:<p>Travelling today. Airport security at the disabled line told me I can “just use these next time”, gesturing to the regular automated gates. </p><p>When I followed the accessible entrance, I found it was routed to come out into the general security area, with the big crowd that goes with it. </p><p>It seems the only difference is the wider gate, to fit a wheelchair. </p><p>Back at the entrance, I said to security, look I use this line because it’s usually separate. I get anxious in big crowds, and I can’t really tolerate it right now. </p><p>Security said to me, gesturing towards the hall: “look we have all these people right now, so we can’t have a separate place to keep it separate, because it would slow things down”</p><p>I told them “that’s why it’s an accommodation. Because it’s *not* the usual”. Security acted very put out, but did eventually help me out. </p><p>I don’t always have the spoons to fight. Many people I know never do. But that doesn’t mean they don’t have needs. </p><p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/InvisibleDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InvisibleDisabilities</span></a> are disabilities. The <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/sunflowerLanyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sunflowerLanyard</span></a> I wear isn’t for fashion, it’s to make that visible. People don’t always have the spoons to stand up. </p><p>I don’t have to convince you I have a disability. There’s more - a lot more - to accessible spaces than physical movement concerns. Your staff should be looking actively for ways to help, not waiting for people to take up a fight they might not be able to. </p><p>I’m ok. Decompressing in the bathroom because they don’t have a quiet spot. </p><p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neurodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/actuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>actuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neuroInclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neuroInclusivity</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/a11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>a11y</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/accessibleTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>accessibleTravel</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/autismAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>autismAccessibility</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/airportAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>airportAccessibility</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/airport" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>airport</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span></p>