Unfortunately I don't have the energy to put together some info for the mega this week, hopefully I can pull together something for next week though. As always, we ask that in order to participate in the weekly megathread, one self-identifies as some form of disabled, which is broadly defined in the community sidebar:

"Disability" is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.

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  • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]
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    14 hours ago

    I can't believe this. I'm booked in to have a minor surgery on my feet to clear up infected skin that has failed to respond to other treatments. It's on the NHS so the surgery is free, but they just told me I have to pay for a pack of dressings to take home (as the wound needs the dressing changed every day and the pack apparently contains something to keep the dressings dry in the shower.) This pack is bloody £37, and I have to buy two as both my feet are having the surgery. I can't be the only one who thinks these packs should be free along with the surgery? And where am I supposed to get £74 while going through a benefit appeal? Just when I think life can't get worse, it finds a way. Being ill/disabled is so bloody expensive!

    • Beetle [hy/hym]
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      11 hours ago

      Of course they should be free, that’s ridiculous. Maybe comrades in the mutual aid com can help you out.

      • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]
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        11 hours ago

        I'm worried about accepting money though, because the DWP are checking people's bank accounts and I don't know how I'd explain why someone was putting money in my account.

        • hexbee [she/her]
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          7 hours ago

          yea

          I got asked about every single person who sent me money. It's so fucking upsetting. They were even "required" to look at my paypal...

          • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]
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            6 hours ago

            This is what I'm worried about and why I don't feel I can accept money. What did they say/do about people who sent you money? And how far back did they go? Was it on the phone?

            • hexbee [she/her]
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              6 hours ago

              Was it on the phone?

              Yea, but I had to upload the statements online first.

              And how far back did they go?

              6 months iirc

              What did they say/do about people who sent you money?

              Thank fuck all the people that triggered their suspicion were close family & friends, so I just said the truth & they left me alone. I won't get into the details, but they did somehow manage to be racist to my partner in the process of bringing this up

              shinji-jokerfied

              I do wonder if you could get away with saying that it's your friends who are sending you money (which would be true in a cosmic sense lol), but it's likely to be from many different people I guess, so I wonder how they would see that.