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minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoYeah being disabled sucks. Millions of people live like this. It’s not until it happens to someone you know that you really think about it. But people learn to live with it.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSome people became unable to live without assistance though. That’s the part I found the scariest.
minus-squareDessertStorms@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoNo one on this planet is able to live without assistance, and needing others to exist doesn’t somehow reduce the value of ones life. You really have a lot of ableism to unlearn. https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/independence-is-an-ableist-myth-unlocking-the-power-of-community-in-healing/ https://www.theswaddle.com/how-societys-fixation-on-independence-as-a-universal-goal-excludes-disabled-chronically-ill-people
Yeah being disabled sucks. Millions of people live like this.
It’s not until it happens to someone you know that you really think about it.
But people learn to live with it.
Some people became unable to live without assistance though. That’s the part I found the scariest.
No one on this planet is able to live without assistance, and needing others to exist doesn’t somehow reduce the value of ones life. You really have a lot of ableism to unlearn.
https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/independence-is-an-ableist-myth-unlocking-the-power-of-community-in-healing/
https://www.theswaddle.com/how-societys-fixation-on-independence-as-a-universal-goal-excludes-disabled-chronically-ill-people