Disabilities come in all shapes, but they should never be perceived as an obstacle. For a lot of people who live with a disability, life at work can be challenging. When a body-abled employee only needs a laptop and a desk to perform, you need specialist office gear designed to support you in your everyday tasks. Nevertheless, more and more companies are embracing the potential of cross-disabilities teams, where everyone can make a difference.
If you’re a body-abled employee, you know what a bad day looks like. It’s a day where you struggle with a splitting headache for example, and you need to keep a box of aspirins or painkillers on your desk to keep going until 5 PM. Or it’s a day where your laptop is stuck in an endless loop of upgrade installation, and you have to wait forever until everything is finally ready. Or finally, it’s a day when you feel useless when everything you do goes wrong, and you’re worried that the entire team is laughing behind your back.
For a disabled employee, a bad day looks somehow different.
Get the best of assistive tech
A day without assistive technologies is a lost day in the world of disabilities. Assistive tech, such as voice recognition or a monitor magnifying glass, is essential to your normal day-to-day work. While a body-abled employee might find it annoying when the voice commands don’t work and they have to perform the required command or action physically, a disabled individual is left with no alternative. Unfortunately, as a lot of assistive or assistive-inspired tech has crossed over to a broader audience, a lot of people find it difficult to understand that for disabled employees, this tech is the link that lets them integrate to society.
Say goodbye to those daily pains
Everyone in an office can suffer from headaches. But when you’re disabled, your body tends to be more sensitive to a different kind of pains. If your disability keeps you in a wheelchair, you might struggle with sensitive nerves as a result of being constantly in the same positive. Instead of painkillers, Nerve Support can provide effective assistance to relieve you from discomfort. Additionally, it’s not uncommon to develop inflammatory reactions, as you need to remember that a disabled life often goes hand-in-hand with stomach pains for patients who need to follow medication treatments or even chronic pain for wheelchair users. Unfortunately, more often than not, the best solution is to change eating habits and embrace an anti-inflammatory diet such as the Mediterranean diet.
Stop comparing; you’re as good as everyone else
Last, but not least, even with the best of will, you end up comparing yourself to your body-abled colleagues. How much you wish you were as quick as Susan, or as agile as Andrew. In a world where discriminations against disabled employees is still a reality, it’s important to control your internal dialogue. Put things in context: You have a job because your employer recognizes your skills and experience. Don’t let your disability define how you should feel.
In short, everyone has a bad day at work. Don’t let it affect your mood. There are many things you can do to take back control and be the best you can!