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   Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️ (holyramenempire@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 04:53:54 JST Joseph Riparian 🏳️‍⚧️

   I'd love to hear what a society that accepted and celebrated its #disabled members would look like for you.

   I've spent my whole life tied up in really toxic "health-ism" and ableism and I am now disabled. It's a lot to get used to.

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     NilaJones (nilajones@zeroes.ca)'s status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 04:53:54 JST NilaJones

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     Disability support (financial, care workers, mobility equipment, etc) as a basic human right, available to anyone who requests it. Sure, rich people will abuse this. But does it really matter?

     Reorganization of the social security budget. Keep it the same, but instead of 90% going to enforcement and 10% going to disabled people, reverse these priorities

     Separation of work and disability support

     Just because you can do some kinds of work, sometimes, doesn't mean you don't need support, always

     Just because you cannot do any kind of work, ever, does not mean that you should be forced to live at 50% of poverty level for your entire life, not be allowed to get married, etc

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     ClaraBlackInk (clarablackink@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 07:39:58 JST ClaraBlackInk

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     @holyramenempire It feels like it would be a society that would make more third spaces where disabled people could spend time and feel safe to do so.

     Being able to see and be seen would have a greater effect with a slower mindset that allows people to linger and see beyond the disability (which would be, I think different in this context) to see the person and recognize them within the place they inhabit (whatever passions, interests, etc that are also them).

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     ClaraBlackInk (clarablackink@writing.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 07:39:59 JST ClaraBlackInk

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     @holyramenempire My sense is that a society that accepted and celebrated it's disabled members would necessarily be less 24/7 and growth oriented.

     It seems like it would be one that celebrates life, aging and has a healthy relationship with birth/death cycles.

     It would have to be a reflective society because it would encourage a certain body awareness that I think is absent in ableist spaces but more present in #disabled ones by necessity.

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