I know Iāve talked about it on here before, the struggle that comes with having a disability: finding transportation.
Sure, some areas provide public transportation and that helps some, but even those with access to public transit struggle with accessibility issues on trains and buses every day.
One of the biggest struggles with disability support, accommodations, and accessibility is having affordable and reliable transportation. Most disability organizations themselves lack a transportation option even.
Insurances may provide transportation to medical appointments if you are disabled and canāt get to appointments, but they will not take you to or from a job, shopping, or any personal events.
Things like Smart Bus and disability specific transportation, though the will provide transportation to work and shopping, generally only work 9am-5pm Monday-Friday and will only transport you within a 15-mile radius. They also do not provide transportation to personal or social events.Ā
So what are we supposed to do? What if our work schedules donāt fit the 9 to 5 of the Smart Bus schedule, or what if we need to be somewhere thatās not work or medical related? Unfortunately, that falls on us to hire personal transportation with outrageous costs.Ā
You want to know why disabled people are often labeled as introverts or hermits who never leave their house, look above. Our socialization is not seen as a necessary part of life but it is. Even introverts need to interact sometimes.
Before I became an adult, before my support system fell away I loved going out, being social and interacting with people. I was a very outgoing person.
Now, because of the lack of transportation resources, which has led to days, weeks and even months of being stuck at home, Iāve become more issolated, and introverted. Iāve developed social anxiety because Iāve forgotten how to interact with people outside my home, away from a computer screen. This is why trasportation, and regular socilization is important for the overall health and wellbeing of a person, especially a disabled person.
But transportation still isnāt taken seriously, because truth be told, the society still doesnāt want disabled people interacting in their world. They may not say it, but they show it in the little things that they do.
And so, disabled people are left to struggle. Unable to work or leave their homes, unless itās to go to the doctor or the store.
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