It's no wonder disability rights legislation has failed, writes Ellen Clifford, when the very category of disability is essential to upholding capitalism. Disabled people will never be gifted full equality under a system that, in order to justify itself, needs them to have a worse experience of life than those better suited for exploitation.
  • Lee [any,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I am neurodivergent and have a genetic disorder. I live in constant fear that one day I'll need an organ transplant because in America having a severe mental illness is enough to deny you a transplant, I shit you not.

      • Lee [any,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        That having a mental illness makes recovery from an organ transplant more difficult. They see it as wasting an organ if they think the person would stuggle too much to the adjustment and die. It's the same reason they deny them to homeless people. Some states have a protection law in place but only some.

        https://ncd.gov/publications/2019/bioethics-report-series

  • throwawaylemmy2 [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    My experience with the ADA has been pretty poor. Been flat out told repeatedly that due to my disability, I can't hold the job I apply for and tell them which accommodations can fit the job requirements.