Internalised ableism: Of the political and the personal

In this chapter we discuss how disability, chronic illness and neurodiversity are not only a personal matter, but intersect with the public and political. We explore both the personal journey an individual takes as they come to terms with their condition and the moral imperative that they feel to take action and raise awareness. Using the lens of embodiment and taking a reflexive, autoethnographic perspective, we provide insight into academia as a working environment, before moving onto consider the body in academia, the politics of being ill in academia and disability as a personal and political issue and how these might play out within a body.