#disability right

[crackerjackalopegames]

Something quite different from me this month, writing about a classic British play (J. B. Priestly's 'An Inspector Calls'), as well as the state of trans and disabled rights in the UK. Can't lie to you guys, I'm kinda scared!

"Priestly was a staunch leftist. His work on the BBC radio show "Postscripts" [...] may have helped the Labour Party win the 1945 general election, the first election after the war was over. 80 years later, the very same Labour party is pushing some of the most vulnerable people in our society to the brink."

This is one of the most meaningful and difficult things I've written for the blog, so I'd really appreciate as many shares as possible!

INSPECTOR. And so you used the power you had [...] to punish the girl just because she made you feel like that?

[kastelpls]

i wrote about the "treatment" of kirk allen, a science fiction fan who was pathologized by a therapist, and what it says about disability, neurodiversity, and subculture media as a media for alienated people

[konstargirl]

Im going to make this short and sweet because I dont like writing paragraphs on something nd end up not making sense.

All I to say is is that this parent is an idiot by telling her kid to stay away from people who are different than him and only hang out kids that are "normal". Dude he can be friends wjoever he wants and her son needs to learn how to accept people who are different like him. Otherwise he will grow up to be kids who look different etc. You are right stupid parent. Mybe its best that you get your stupid toxic vibe away from this poor child who has no idea on why people ae ignorning him.

[chriswhodrawsstuff]

Because I'm worthless.

It seems that in terms of Britain’s new government, I have committed the worst of sins… I am ‘Economically Inactive’. Being disabled by a dodgy heart, knackered lungs and the wrong kind of autism that makes me hopeless at tech and maths and brilliant at being utterly bemused and even terrified by the world, I am neither use nor ornament in the beancounter terms of my toxic neoliberal government.…

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[lemonswayze]

Motherfucker, the fact that the disability website is closed at like 12am is fucking intentional. It’s to make goddamn sure that there is as limited a window as possible for this vulnerable group can seek aid. Fuck this dogshit country. No website needs "operating hours" it's a website.

[nightmarecait]

https://globalnews.ca/news/9176485/poverty-canadians-disabilities-medically-assisted-death/amp/

Give this article a read. No pay wall. This is what the Canadian government is doing instead of providing people with disabilities with the resources to live. They're providing us with the resources to die. They claim the rules prevent abuse of this system, but we know those rules are being broken. It's supposed to be the last resort but we know people are being asked "have you considered maid?" This country is in a very dangerous place right now

[mantorokk]

The UK government/benefits/healthcare system is the most disgusting, broken, corrupt system I’ve ever seen and it’s literally killing thousands of people

[hengegirl]

Last year, the BBC told us the government had not saved any money on disability benefits – despite doing its best to throw vulnerable people off the books – because of “rising cos…