Please stop believing we don’t owe each other anything. We owe each other so much! We owe each other love, equity, understanding, community, compassion, and much more. Don’t let this toxic hyper individualism cut you off from humanity. We’re all connected. We all need each other.
It's so sad that it's considered radical to say that even disabled people who are unable to work should still have nice things. A coffee every once in a while, a nice dinner, a fun trip. Just because you're unable to contribute to capitalism doesn't mean you should suffer.
July is Disability Pride Month. I want non-disabled people to know this month exists. I want disabled people to not be abandoned by the majority of people, including other minorities. I want others to work on their ableism and understand that our lives are worthy.
The Nazis targeted disabled people first. They knew no one would speak up for us
They tested the gas chambers on us
Ableism & eugenics feed right into fascism and white supremacy
Now more than ever we need folks to engage with disabled activists. Learn about disability justice
Safety rules and regulations are written in blood. A thousand someones were mangled, maimed, crushed, ripped apart, sickened, killed before OSHA came. I can promise you that.
I mean, at the end of the day, a majority of disabled people spent 5 years warning people that fascism takes hold because of the eugenics of pandemics and we were all told “not everything is eugenics,” so…
Everyone proclaims the right to die with dignity. But what about the right of sick and disabled Britons to LIVE in dignity? Their benefits are manifestly inadequate, more so during this cost-of-living crisis.
“people who are terminally ill shouldn’t have to suffer” and “under capitalism and austerity with next to no social supports, crumbling healthcare and constant vitriol about “people who don’t contribute” euthanasia can/will be used as a culling tool” are both true at once
Do any other autistic people ever realize how annoyingly pedantic you're being mid sentence? I'll start rattling off like an encyclopedia and be like, "Oh no not again."