I’m at a state where I’ll just have to post this, even if my display name hasn’t changed.
I’ve been dealing with Autism, and other mental health concerns including PTSD for a long time. But recently, I’ve been having random dizzy and cardiac spells which have made me struggle to talk, walk, or stand at home, and in public. In the end, I was diagnosed with a FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) called drop attacks.
But this hasn’t ended discrimination I’ve been facing in the public.
Public Transport, especially Trains have been a favourite for all my life. If something was wrong, the trains were a safe haven. But not anymore…
I’ve been constantly harassed, humiliated, and discriminated. They think I’m on drugs, drunk, or sometimes a terrorist! I’m constantly getting customers trying to push me off the platform, staff thinking I’m faking my disability, staff and customers mocking my voice, and when I try to speak up about it, it gets shut down constantly!
These examples, and additional research has shown that Public Transport services in Australia, have a significant lack of culture, with staff thinking that they’re transport trains, not people. With the rest of my family having to deal with they’re own concerns, I’m stuck in an abusive system in school, home, “work”, and out in public. I can’t say too much at the moment because I’m still shaken from incidents 6 years ago, to some from last night!
Posting this will put me at risk for my safety in public, and will risk my future career, and will cause consequences within my circle. But I need to do this, it’s not only me who’s been through this. And I will continue this until a change is made.
