JULIE HARRIS is a disability inclusion advocate and process improvement specialist with a focus on reasonable accommodations in the workplace. Leveraging her knowledge and experience, she has partnered with numerous employers to take their accommodation process from barely legally compliant, to actually effective and inclusive.

• Introduction 1Part I Stigmas Lie 11Chapter 1 Live Life on Your Terms 13Chapter 2 How Belief Systems Shape Identity 21Chapter 3 Identify Who You Are Free of Stigma 29Part II Deconstruct Faulty Belief Systems 35Chapter 4 Disability Stigma 37Chapter 5 Impact of Stigmas on Self 49Chapter 6 Shame 59Chapter 7 People-Pleasing 75Chapter 8 Perfectionism 85Chapter 9 Learned Helplessness 93Chapter 10 Hyper-Independence 101Chapter 11 Fear of Being Perceived 109Chapter 12 Strategies to Question and Reframe 117Part III Self-acceptance and Self-confidence 131Chapter 13 Nervous System Regulation 133Chapter 14 Know Yourself 147Chapter 15 Accept Yourself 167Chapter 16 Accept Others 177Chapter 17 Practice Being You 183Part IV Self-Advocacy 191Chapter 18 Advocate for Yourself 193Chapter 19 Tune Out Others’ Judgments 205Chapter 20 Inevitable Resistance 213Chapter 21 Stay True to Yourself in the Workplace 231Chapter 22 Stay True to Yourself Even When Everything Sucks 237References 243Acknowledgments 251About the Author 253Index 255

JULIE HARRIS is a disability inclusion advocate and process improvement specialist with a focus on reasonable accommodations in the workplace. Leveraging her knowledge and experience, she has partnered with numerous employers to take their accommodation process from barely legally compliant, to actually effective and inclusive.

• Introduction 1Part I Stigmas Lie 11Chapter 1 Live Life on Your Terms 13Chapter 2 How Belief Systems Shape Identity 21Chapter 3 Identify Who You Are Free of Stigma 29Part II Deconstruct Faulty Belief Systems 35Chapter 4 Disability Stigma 37Chapter 5 Impact of Stigmas on Self 49Chapter 6 Shame 59Chapter 7 People-Pleasing 75Chapter 8 Perfectionism 85Chapter 9 Learned Helplessness 93Chapter 10 Hyper-Independence 101Chapter 11 Fear of Being Perceived 109Chapter 12 Strategies to Question and Reframe 117Part III Self-acceptance and Self-confidence 131Chapter 13 Nervous System Regulation 133Chapter 14 Know Yourself 147Chapter 15 Accept Yourself 167Chapter 16 Accept Others 177Chapter 17 Practice Being You 183Part IV Self-Advocacy 191Chapter 18 Advocate for Yourself 193Chapter 19 Tune Out Others’ Judgments 205Chapter 20 Inevitable Resistance 213Chapter 21 Stay True to Yourself in the Workplace 231Chapter 22 Stay True to Yourself Even When Everything Sucks 237References 243Acknowledgments 251About the Author 253Index 255

JULIE HARRIS is a disability inclusion advocate and process improvement specialist with a focus on reasonable accommodations in the workplace. Leveraging her knowledge and experience, she has partnered with numerous employers to take their accommodation process from barely legally compliant, to actually effective and inclusive.

• Introduction 1Part I Stigmas Lie 11Chapter 1 Live Life on Your Terms 13Chapter 2 How Belief Systems Shape Identity 21Chapter 3 Identify Who You Are Free of Stigma 29Part II Deconstruct Faulty Belief Systems 35Chapter 4 Disability Stigma 37Chapter 5 Impact of Stigmas on Self 49Chapter 6 Shame 59Chapter 7 People-Pleasing 75Chapter 8 Perfectionism 85Chapter 9 Learned Helplessness 93Chapter 10 Hyper-Independence 101Chapter 11 Fear of Being Perceived 109Chapter 12 Strategies to Question and Reframe 117Part III Self-acceptance and Self-confidence 131Chapter 13 Nervous System Regulation 133Chapter 14 Know Yourself 147Chapter 15 Accept Yourself 167Chapter 16 Accept Others 177Chapter 17 Practice Being You 183Part IV Self-Advocacy 191Chapter 18 Advocate for Yourself 193Chapter 19 Tune Out Others’ Judgments 205Chapter 20 Inevitable Resistance 213Chapter 21 Stay True to Yourself in the Workplace 231Chapter 22 Stay True to Yourself Even When Everything Sucks 237References 243Acknowledgments 251About the Author 253Index 255