Toxic Advice, part 3

I enjoy the interviews available from The Wharton School of Business. Quite some time ago they spent the proverbially copious amounts of airtime on Toxic Masculinity.

But first, some context —

“When you knock on a door, be courteous in your greeting.

If they welcome you, be gentle in your conversation.

If they don’t welcome you, quietly withdraw. Don’t make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way. You can be sure that on Judgment Day they’ll be mighty sorry—but it’s no concern of yours now.”

— That advice seems to be an antidote to what the Wharton professor summarized as Toxic Accessibility.

NOTE: in her context and ours here, this is not, repeat not, about what I picked up somewhere in these recent months, which has been described as being “a broken organizational culture (that) makes everything disability-related harder, from implementing accessibility projects to getting critical support to move the disability / accessibility needle forward.”

Rather, what I’m putting centerstage deals with unhealthy/unsustainable levels of expectations and demands on individuals.

Ouch.

Let’s review: Toxic Accessibility.