Unless those who are able will fight the battle for those who are disabled there can be no hope of eventual reforms in the social system.Olive Christian Malvery
Where I am heading in the next few days. Living in infested apt for over a yr. Landlord does https://t.co/wDCKufM7Bs lawyer asked me if I had any help. I did not cause this infestation. Choice btwn social services care prison/dying from infestation which has now infected me.
Writer @homeless_loki asks what it would be like to grow old and be homeless. Now add in a disability. Can you imagine both conditions at once? https://t.co/UEPZObrEVf
@gedora071@AmandaAchtman New Normal, Old Crazy. You say pot-ato, I say po-ta-to.
This type of stuff's been going on for a while. Go look up Huronia Regional Centre, Orillia, Ontario .
@Schwartzify@AmandaAchtman It is on demand. Have you ever seen the forms? There are probably 35 questions, and they're not even elaborations. They're just little checkboxes.
@DeviantLooke@AmandaAchtman The question isnt about assisted dying. The main question is expanding this to handicaped people and cutting services at the same time.
I have no problem with people seeking the procedure where death is imminent or they are living with dire consequences of serious illness.
@unacceptable_jr@AmandaAchtman Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the gov't has ramped up DNA testing for pregnant mothers? They've localised the gene responsible for cerebral palsy. Great. Just do abortion and save the whole damn country a lot of money. On disability payments and services . ☠️Eugenics
@unacceptable_jr@AmandaAchtman Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the gov't has ramped up DNA testing for pregnant mothers? They've localised the gene responsible for cerebral palsy. Great. Just do abortion and save the whole damn country a lot of money. On disability payments and services . ☠️Eugenics
@DaraHogan@AmandaAchtman@DavQuinn It depends on what you're calling a choice. At the same time, services are being cut and withdrawn for people living with a handicap. Do you really have a choice when you're at the end of your rope?
@ReviewedByFred I've been using ProtonVPN for quite a while now, and I've never had any problems. I'm subscribed to Proton Unlimited, which should give me a choice of servers for each country, and the app is behaving as if I was using Free Protonmail and not Proton Unlimited,please tell me why?
A report by the University of Cambridge warns of a looming lost generation in Gaza, driven by the educational, physical, and psychological toll of more than two years of Israeli assault.
As of October 1, 2025, OCHA reported 18,069 students and 780 education workers killed, and 26,391 students and 3,211 teachers injured.
The study says Gaza’s children will lose the equivalent of five school years due to repeated closures since 2020—first from COVID-19, then from Israel’s attacks.
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Since #MAID was expanded to include those living with a disability; it is impossible for me to get respect in healthcare. When I took an ambulance with acute pneumonia last year; no treatment, I was told, We will treat your legs, not you. #Disability
I’m at the UN in New York today for the major conference on disability inclusion (called “the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”).
Listening to Krista Carr from Inclusion Canada denounce so-called “Track 2 MAID” - euthanasia for those with disabilities. She highlights the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’s denunciation of Canada’s euthanasia regime and its impact on those living with disabilities.
How will the Canadian government respond?