Glossary Of Structural Disappearance

Some barriers are loud. Others are silent. This glossary names the quiet designs that make people disappear — from access, records, and even statistics. Not by accident, but by structural intent.

🕳️ Designed Disappearance

Access That Was Never Intended to Work

Systems that technically exist, but are built to quietly fail the people they claim to serve. The illusion of support, with none of the substance.

📭 Dead-End Referral

Being Sent Somewhere That Can’t Help

When a person is redirected endlessly between services, none of which are equipped to provide real help. A bureaucratic loop that leads nowhere.

📉 Data Disappearance

When the Numbers Don’t Show the Harm

When policies or forms fail to record key information — erasing experiences from official records and removing them from public concern.

📄 Administrative Invisibility

Being Missing from the Right Paperwork

When someone is denied access because they don’t tick the exact box a form requires — even when the need is obvious.

💼 Eligibility Obscuration

Hiding Help Behind Complex Criteria

Making the process of applying so complicated, technical, or contradictory that people give up or never apply at all.

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