Anita, a Deaf women of color and associate professor, noted that after recieving pushback about the expense of interpreters after requesting them as an accommodation to attend a conference, a staff person from the conference followed her and the interpreter around the conference taking notes on how Anita interacted with the interpreter and noted when Anita spoke aloud as an indication of whether Anita needed an interpreter.

Example: Anita and a Conference

Miyoko, an Asian American woman with chronic pain and chronic fatigue, learned that someone in human resources at her university had tried to investigate her medical issues by searching for Miyoko online. The HR representative tried to claim that videos of Miyoko raising her arms overhead or performing light physical activity were inconsistent with Miyoko's medical documentation from her doctor, even though the video had been posted when Miyoko was on medical leave and was in a time when she was more wholly focused on recovery.  Miyoko hired a lawyer to see if she could legally fight to be accommodated however, after months she returned back to work without accommodations and left her tenured job by the end of the semester because of being debilitated by having to fight to be accommodated. 

Example: Miyoko and Human Resources

Price defines investigative surveillance as a form of surveillance where one's actions are scrutinized by an outside observer who acts like a detective.

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Price notes that there are two types of surveillance discussed by participants in interviews - 
1. Investigative Surveillance
2. Compelled Surveillance

Types of Surveillance

Price, M. (2024). Crip Spacetime. Duke University Press.

Crip Spacetime

Investigative Surveillance

Price defines compelled surveillance as one is told or strongly urged to disclose or make more visible their disability or other aspects of their lived experience.

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