Ableism is crazy because you apply to jobs that shouldn't conflict with needing a wheelchair, you show up to the interview and it's flying colors. If anything you're overqualified for the role. 3 weeks later they've decided to go a different direction, this has happened 6 times in 6 months.
You look up how to protect yourself legally and the advice is "keep your disability a secret as long as humanly possible, ideally until after you've been hired."
There is no way to meaningfully sue a company for employment discrimination unless somebody actually says the quiet part out loud, and even then usually it has to be a smoking gun in writing.
Your career councilor sends you another 20 job listings, half of them have been open a month, and mention deployment in the job duties. Your state is uniquely difficult for remote work. Working outside your state is dangerous business because the anti-discrimination laws don't protect you as well.
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