This presentation examines the complex interplay between ableism and passport privilege among Global South academics studying or working within academia in the Global North while navigating disability. Drawing on critical disability, social psychology, and decolonial studies, it focuses on the unique experiences and challenges at the intersection of disability and passport privilege. The study aims to contextualize these experiences within broader social, cultural, and political contexts. This autoethnographic study utilizes personal experiences and reflections to explore the interaction of ableism and passport privilege in academia. The author, a Global South academic with a disability, critically reflects on their experiences in navigating the academic system in the Global North, exploring themes related to recognition, ownership, and experience of disability in this context. The findings highlight how the Global North academic system perpetuates exclusions and reinforces power dynamics based on disability and geographic origin. Differences in the ways disabilities are recognized, owned, and experienced by academics with and without passport privilege are discussed. The autoethnographic approach provides rich insights into the complexities of navigating academia while negotiating these intersecting identities. The presentation calls for a broader understanding of disability that encompasses cultural, social, and political experiences and contexts. It emphasizes the urgency of addressing the unique challenges faced by Global South academics with disabilities in the Global North and discusses implications for social psychology and the broader field of academia.