I am dying, and my death is completely preventable. My deterioration has two causes. The first is the poverty: the lack of care and financial support for someone like me on disability assistance. The second is the abdication of care, as I battle a 40-year war with a post-viral syndrome, the treatments for which my […]
not entirely related, but i was telling people about how during the major street uprisings last year (portland specifically for this story), wheelchair-bound and disabled protestors tended to be at the back of the pack, closest to the chasing police line, and were consistently the first victims when the pigs charged. :all-cops-always-bastards:
Which is why, at protests, you should always prioritise keeping disabled protesters safe, even at your own risk.