Disabled people taking a #LastStand

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[Disabled people taking a #LastStand @LastStand200]

check out this link to see who is the most likely candidate to beat Doug Ford’s PCs and VOTE!! #pwdvote #LastStand

[redacted dispatches @torieskill]

Y’all the strategy is WORKING

These are both critical PC battlegrounds that represent how Ford got elected with only 18% of the popular vote in 2022

They are turning AWAY from the conservatives & back to how they voted pre-Harris

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

https://t.co/ybsOQhHca7

[Peter @MePeterNicholls]

A hard truth: some disabled people who look like they could work… can’t. Not reliably. Not consistently. Not in ways employers need. But the benefit system doesn’t recognise this. If you’re not visibly incapable, you’re expected to “try.”

[Eddie Stainer @BenjscottScott]

We’re told to remember the Holocaust, yet the DWP’s unlawful consultation targets us disabled people just like Aktion T4 once did. When will the government learn the lessons of history? #DisabilityBenefits #WelfareNotWarfare

[Chronic Heather @ChronicHeather]

To those who seem to hate disabled people, here are some facts about UK disability benefits:

Thread:

❌ No disabled person gets a free car!

If they qualify for the highest level of the mobility part of PIP, they can choose to pay to RENT a accessible car.
They pay for it!

[Sarah Colero @Sarah_Colero]

On nights like tonight, when there were big moves regarding MAID throughout the day, I think of 'Sophia' and other folks like her who died from MAID Track 2 after trying to no avail to get the supports that they need to survive,

The UN now calls on Canada to repeal MAID Track 2

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Arriving at Downing Street to protest the #DisabilityBenefits cuts.

What’s being proposed will shatter lives. It will cause preventable anguish, despair, and death. And it targets those already fighting to stay afloat.

I’m here as silence is not an option. Solidarity always.

[Canadian Disabled United🇨🇦♿ @canada_disabled]

💯💯
@MarkJCarney think about the hoops @liberal_party is making Canadians with Disabilities already getting disabilities benefits certified by Canadian Doctors in Ontario jump through to get $200.00 from the government the next time #cdnmedia ask about your blind trust / income

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

Terrified, humiliated: three PIP claimants tell the Canary of their fears over Labour's DWP cuts

@MeganRo73185925 spoke with three disabled people. The knock-on effects of the cuts will be devastating, never mind the immediate trauma #WelfareNotWarfare
https://t.co/CjTrW33aq6

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

‘I can’t sleep, I’m so scared’: Disabled people face benefit cuts domino effect.
An estimated 1.2 million Disabled people losing eligibility for personal independence payments.
https://t.co/u4NSjSXm4c

[DPAC @Dis_PPL_Protest]

#PathwaysToWork

“DWP figures on total cost of disabled people who cannot work are “chilling” echo of useless eaters propaganda

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Three disabled people who lost relatives as a result of past reforms to disability benefits have spoken of their horror at the Labour government’s plans to cut billions of pounds from the system.
https://t.co/FPmOwBgI5M

[𝓐𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓜𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮 𝓓 🇨🇦 @Miss_Allison_D]

What the fuck is the @UN doing about Canada and the UK making it easier for disabled people to die rather than help and support them to LIVE?
When did we roll our clocks back to 1930s Germany?
What the actual hell is going on in this world? When did eugenics become the norm?

[Your Fav Disabled Hottie❤️‍🔥 @nilanmorton]

Also I feel like (mostly🤚🏻) people who love animals more than people are also ableist.
Bc they will be kind and respect a dog who has 5011 health conditions and needs a wheelchair.

Yet they will mistreat disabled people and tell us “if I was you, I would just k*ll myself!”

[Sarah Colero @Sarah_Colero]

At least a positive is that we won't be gaslit by the Minister of Disability Inclusion anymore because there isn't one at all....

[𝓐𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓜𝓲𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓮 𝓓 🇨🇦 @Miss_Allison_D]

Called it!

[The280Times Trivia Channel @The280Times]

WHY are you celebrating this ?
This is an abomination and this celebration only shows YOU AREN'T LISTENING any better than the god damn government.

Fuck them, Fuck you.
#CanadaDisabilityBenefit

[Zia @Belas_ghost]

https://t.co/1fPDD49Gfd

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

News from the Assisted Suicide Bill Committee room - an eight hour session, which began with a warning we might have to sit through the night in future to make the deadline the Bill’s backers have set. I regret the haste we’re going at. Anyway, here’s what happened today.

[redacted dispatches @torieskill]

If I wasn’t doing a million critical things I’d remake my thread about how commonwealth countries lead the world in ableism

Tldr:
-existence of single payer makes ableists think if you aren’t well you aren’t trying
-US’s don’t-tread-on-me culture is a protective factor vs MAiD