Pill Joy

Disabled artist creating pill organizers that make illness fun!

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Smell is a form of communication so this joke isn’t far off from what’s actually happening with social media and other communication platforms.

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Imagine a world where smell can be bought and controlled by the richest person. And the animals who’ve naturally had a smell for millennia, who don’t have money or even play that game, no longer have a right to a part of themselves because of broken economic and political systems

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I'm watching the Indie Sellers Guild Launch! #CreatorsRising #ISGLaunch

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Tuning in for the future of indie sellers! Our future just got a lot brighter with the collective power of artists and makers! #CreatorsRising #ISGLaunch #LaborDay #YouCantScareMe #ImStickingToTheUnion

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We will be live at 1PM EDT! Please tune in!

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#workingwhiledisabled

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When I first got disability benefits, I believed what I heard a lot of disabled folks say: it’s nearly impossible to work when receiving SSI/SSDI, especially self employment.

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This is why I want to do a series of sharing what I’ve learned about self employment while disabled so others can have an easier time than I did. Please share your questions and things you’ve heard about working while disabled in the comments!

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All of the extra systems and rules I’ve had to learn and understand have taken a lot of spoons– spoons I could’ve used to work if I wasn’t disabled in a way that I need really flexible employment.

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I still get anxiety attacks fearing that I didn’t jump through the right hoop in the right way and it’ll cost me my housing, healthcare, and food access.

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It took me several YEARS of research and meeting with vocational rehab and benefits counselors before I felt safe enough to gamble with even trying self employment.

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Even many Social Security employees don’t understand the rules and have given me contradictory information. It feels easy to make a mistake and have life saving benefits taken away.

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The rules for working for an employer are easier than being self-employed, but it’s hard to find an employer who is able to meet my access needs. Like many disabled folks, I made my own job just so I could have one.

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In addition to tight personal budgeting, business budgeting has to be equally fine tuned. Disabled folks aren’t allowed to have more than $2,000 in the bank and a separate business bank account still counts toward the $2,000 limit.

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In the five years I’ve received disability benefits, my rent has gone from $400 to $650 (+$250), but my monthly benefits have only gone from $773 to $861 (+$88). It’s also nearly impossible not to work.

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There is some truth to that–I receive a combination of both SSI and SSDI and each one has really confusing and sometimes conflicting rules, not to mention confusingly similar names.