First-time poster here.
And, something I'm surprised I've not seen mentioned:
That's how I first came across this lovely little trainwreck a few days ago. An ad on Facebook in which she's hawking trendy eyewear.
My first-glance impression was that she appeared to be a cute weirdo. And... let me explain that. For background, I spend a lot of time boondocking out in the deserts of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, etc. You meet a heck of a lot of weirdos out there, and the majority of them turn out to be really wholesome, generous, and genuine people who have made a conscious decision to not fit-in with mainstream society. The old 60s-era Hippie vibe is still very much alive, it's just become more selective in its appeal.
But my opinion, up till now anyway, has always been that so long as you're not hurting anyone, go ahead and be as weird as you want.
I can't quite say what made me suspicious about the ad. But I clicked on her username, and found a nearly-empty Facebook page. Odd, for an "influencer" who is being paid to shill a product on Facebook. So I did a web search on Microcatmachine, and found mostly just her IG / TikTok stuff. Grew tired of that quickly. Too quickly, as I didn't get to the
"Oh, but watch me do acrobatic / ballet moves just after getting up out of my wheelchair, a moment after I pretended to almost faint" part. Pretty much took it all at face value.
Then did a web search on "Allison Tennyson", and in addition to this thread, found a number of mainstream-news articles talking about what an amazing and inspirational person she is, how she's really being an advocate for the disabled, etc.
Which leads me to this observation:
A lot of folks in this thread have suggested that people will see through her fraud. As a newcomer to this whole saga, I think I can authoritatively state that most people seem not to be looking beneath the surface, and are just taking her drama at face-value. After all, disability is a new form of social-currency these days, and there is tremendous pressure not to question the authenticity of those who claim to be abused / disadvantaged / etc., and just take people's word on their identity and reality.
A commercial eyewear vendor is paying her to be their spokes-munchie, apparently having done zero research into her story or online history.
And I genuinely find that interesting.