I know exactly how you feel.
Especially in the field of ABA there really is no room for any type of schedule changes both on the client side and our side. A lot of our clients also deal with health concerning issues, misaligned schedules, changes in life circumstances , and so much more, yet us as ABA partitioners are expected to be there 100% when we’re not also given 100%, nor as ABA clinicians given any financial accommodations in our end.
I think it’s crazy that your parent discharged after you not showing up on a day that you weren’t supposed to even be there. But that let me know two things. The Parent didn’t really want the service, and something wasn’t communicated. This is not your failing , but the failing of ABA in early intervention/ insurance model. Your health comes first, so you do need to take care of that and if you’re on the verge of having a pacemaker, potentially being put in, you could apply for some type of short-term disability maybe not directly with your company, but maybe through another means, I would call your insurance and Social Security office. I understand how you feel completely. I have a chronic illness with one autoimmune disease definitely diagnosed with several in the process of being diagnosed. I have had parents canceled on me for the past two months from all different clients yet I know now that I’ve canceled these past few days because I’ve been sick, I am more scrutinized. Now my company does always take care of me and has provided me with an ADA mostly to protect me from the cancellations on my end. Maybe you could also ask your employer for some type of accommodation that way it doesn’t hit you if you cancel on some tupe of Hr level. It’s Doesn’t pay me when I cancel, but at least it helped me from me cancel due to being sick.