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brightorangerain:
“DON’T WORRY, IT’S ONLY PEOPLE W/ UNDERLYING CONDITIONS WHO ARE DYING!”
“SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!”
“NATURAL SELECTION!”
“IMMUNE-COMPROMISED/CHRONICALLY ILL PEOPLE SHOULD JUST SELF-QUARANTINE INDEFINITELY WHILE THE REST OF US LIVE OUR LIVES!”
OR THE FACT THAT WHEN ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE HAVE TO STAY HOME, IT’S “OMG SOOO HARD” BUT WHEN DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE TO IT’S “OMG UR SOOO LUCKY I WISH I WAS IN BED TOO LOL”
OR THE FACT THAT SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES WAIVED MEDICAL BILLS FOR COVID-19 CARE, BUT NOT MEDICAL BILLS FOR ROUTINE CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL PEOPLE
OR THE FACT THAT LUPUS & RA PATIENTS WHO RELY ON HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE & SURVIVAL WERE SUDDENLY NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BECAUSE “OTHER PEOPLE NEED THESE PILLS MORE” (FOR OFF-LABEL USE W/ UNPROVEN—& THEN DISPROVEN—EFFICACY)
OR THE FACT THAT DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE UK—INCLUDING MINORS—RECEIVED LETTERS URGING THEM TO SIGN DNR (DO NOT RESUSCITATE) FORMS SO THAT THEY WOULDN’T USE UP RESOURCES IF THEY HAD A HEALTH EMERGENCY
OR THE FACT THAT COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THE US CAN BE DENIED CARE BASED ON PERCEIVED QUALITY OF LIFE & FUTURE NEED OF RESOURCES (GOING BEYOND SURVIVABILITY-INFORMED TRIAGE & ENTERING THE REALM OF CAPITALISM-INFORMED EUGENICS)
OR, OR, OR. THE LIST GOES ON, & IS ONLY GETTING LONGER.
The past several months have been riddled w/ an amplification of the messages that disabled people are already used to; claims that we are less useful, less valuable, & less human than able-bodied people.
&, that our struggles only matter when they are suddenly shared by the majority…& even then, they still don’t matter as much.
#DISABILITYPRIDEMONTH
brightorangerain:
“DON’T WORRY, IT’S ONLY PEOPLE W/ UNDERLYING CONDITIONS WHO ARE DYING!”
“SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST!”
“NATURAL SELECTION!”
“IMMUNE-COMPROMISED/CHRONICALLY ILL PEOPLE SHOULD JUST SELF-QUARANTINE INDEFINITELY WHILE THE REST OF US LIVE OUR LIVES!”
OR THE FACT THAT WHEN ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE HAVE TO STAY HOME, IT’S “OMG SOOO HARD” BUT WHEN DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE TO IT’S “OMG UR SOOO LUCKY I WISH I WAS IN BED TOO LOL”
OR THE FACT THAT SOME INSURANCE COMPANIES WAIVED MEDICAL BILLS FOR COVID-19 CARE, BUT NOT MEDICAL BILLS FOR ROUTINE CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL PEOPLE
OR THE FACT THAT LUPUS & RA PATIENTS WHO RELY ON HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE FOR EVERYDAY LIFE & SURVIVAL WERE SUDDENLY NOT ABLE TO GET THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED BECAUSE “OTHER PEOPLE NEED THESE PILLS MORE” (FOR OFF-LABEL USE W/ UNPROVEN—& THEN DISPROVEN—EFFICACY)
OR THE FACT THAT DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE UK—INCLUDING MINORS—RECEIVED LETTERS URGING THEM TO SIGN DNR (DO NOT RESUSCITATE) FORMS SO THAT THEY WOULDN’T USE UP RESOURCES IF THEY HAD A HEALTH EMERGENCY
OR THE FACT THAT COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THE US CAN BE DENIED CARE BASED ON PERCEIVED QUALITY OF LIFE & FUTURE NEED OF RESOURCES (GOING BEYOND SURVIVABILITY-INFORMED TRIAGE & ENTERING THE REALM OF CAPITALISM-INFORMED EUGENICS)
OR, OR, OR. THE LIST GOES ON, & IS ONLY GETTING LONGER.
The past several months have been riddled w/ an amplification of the messages that disabled people are already used to; claims that we are less useful, less valuable, & less human than able-bodied people.
&, that our struggles only matter when they are suddenly shared by the majority…& even then, they still don’t matter as much.
#DISABILITYPRIDEMONTH