Communication pressure
Rushing, overload, ambiguity, late-night contact, or demands to respond without time to process.
Understand 09
Pressure often targets the support need.
Disability, neurodivergence, fatigue, isolation, communication differences, and support dependence can be exploited. The tool is structure: written process, advocacy, reasonable adjustments, and fewer private pressure points.
Observe
What to look for
Support interference
Pressure that isolates someone from advocates, family, workplace adjustments, services, or trusted witnesses.
Exploitation risk
Financial, emotional, or practical dependence being used to extract consent, silence, money, work, or loyalty.
Sources
Rights and support routes
01Move pressure into a written, witnessed process.
When communication is being exploited, reduce private pressure: written requests, advocates, reasonable adjustments, clear response windows, and a factual record.