A Disabled Survivor's Grief Ritual: Letter-Writing, Father's Day, and Reckoning with Financial Abuse
By
Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights
Summary
A personal newsletter post where the author resumes her letter-writing grief ritual to process complicated feelings about the man who raised her ("Pappy") as Father's Day approaches. She reckons with the trauma of Access Intimacy Abuse by Makai Livingstone (founder of Embodied Support Services), reflecting on how financial abuse totaling at least $183,364 over 6.5 years has further disabled her as a trauma survivor. The piece explores the necessity of unpacking internalized ableism while honoring access needs and holding space for grief.
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· 3 pulledI continue to reckon with the costs of Access Intimacy Abuse at the hands of Makai Livingstone, the founder of Embodied Support Services.
Given how 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...
She reinforces the necessity of this lifelong work of unpacking internalized ableism, as she tried to honour her access needs, hold space for grief, etc.
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