SSA Ontology

Lexicon Of Coercive Collaboration

A permanent publication within the SSA Ontology, with a stable web address and machine-readable identity.

Glossary Of Coercive Collaboration

Not all collaboration is consensual. This glossary names the patterns where lived experience is mined for optics or innovation, but denied authorship, equity, or power.

🎭 Inclusion Theatre

Staging Participation Without Power

Creating the illusion of inclusive input while decisions have already been made. Often used for PR, not systemic change.

💼 Consultation Laundering

Extracting Wisdom, Withholding Credit

When feedback from disabled or marginalised people is collected, repackaged by professionals, and credited to the organisation instead of the contributor.

🗣️ Optics Over Ownership

Inviting Us In, Then Talking Over Us

When people with lived experience are invited to a table but not allowed to set the agenda—or are only included to validate predetermined outcomes.

📋 Consent-Adjacent

When Collaboration Isn’t Actually Optional

Situations where refusal to collaborate risks backlash, exclusion, or funding loss—pressuring lived experience advocates to participate in disempowering ways.

🔒 Authorship Gatekeeping

When They Want Your Ideas—But Not Your Name

Allowing participation in idea generation but blocking participants from official recognition, publication rights, or intellectual property stakes.

SSA™ Glossary Index

A collection of protected semantic frameworks written by lived-experience authors. Each glossary holds the line against pattern theft, narrative laundering, and coercive rewording.

Digital Sovereignty Terms

These terms defend the metadata of lived experience in digital systems.

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Strategic Self-Advocacy™ Lexicon

The core terms that scaffold SSA™ and uphold protocol-layer authorship.

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Weaponised Access Terms

These terms unpack how institutions weaponise the language of inclusion while reinforcing control.

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Coercive Collaboration Glossary Tile

SSA Lexicon: Volume 13

Glossary of Coercive Collaboration

Not all collaboration is consensual. This glossary names patterns where lived experience is mined for optics or innovation, but denied authorship, equity, or power. Includes terms such as Inclusion Theatre, Consultation Laundering, and Authorship Gatekeeping.

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📄 Citation:
McLoughlin, S. A. (2025). Strategic Self-Advocacy™ Lexicon: Volume 13 – Glossary of Coercive Collaboration [Data set]. The Index Line. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16725045