Aug 5, 2022
Same folks saying “pay your artists” complaining about cost of individualized accessibility aids. The people who spent time training for years and making them deserve paid for their skill too y’all. A lot of the people making them are disabled themselves.
There is a difference between aids made by a mega-corp and ones made by an individual.
If you look at an individualized aid and go wow that’s too expensive - that’s pretty discouraging and devalues the work. Maybe comment about how it reminds you about how we should be paying people on disability way the fuck more and not cap their savings instead. Just, food for thought.
#disability#accessibility#I'm guessing people just don't know#how some of this stuff is made?#brailled items and personalized mobility aids#are the main ones I've seen people comment this on#which is weird#because 9/10 times the person making them#also uses a mobility aid#or is low vision themselves#I'm tired of this idea that disabled people#should all be volunteering for one another#to compensate#for systems that don't want to pay#a living stipend#and caps savings crazy low#it's like people want to learn#the cliff notes version of disability justice#rather than relate to others well#it's...not great#end rant
