A Disability Justice Practitioner Offers Virtual Equity Services While Reckoning with Financial Abuse and Ableism
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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights
Summary
A Disability Justice practitioner outlines seven ways her virtual equity services can support organizations, framed by her personal experience of financial abuse and ableism. The piece blends professional service offerings with a raw personal narrative about surviving Access Intimacy Abuse from a former partner (Makai Livingstone of Embodied Support Services), who financially abused her of at least $183,364 over 6.5 years, further disabling her. She reconciles her need to market herself while honoring her access needs, processing grief, and unpacking internalized ableism.
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· 4 pulledI will either get better at marketing myself or die trying.
The costs of Access Intimacy Abuse at the hands of Makai Livingstone, the founder of Embodied Support Services, continue to shape my work.
My ex's financial abuse of at least $183,364 over 6.5 years has further disabled me and limited my ability to afford to exist.
This lifelong work of unpacking internalized ableism is necessary as I try to honour my access needs and hold space for grief.
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