[Image ID: a thread of tweets by Styna Lane 🏳️🌈, @/stynalane, that reads “It’s disability pride month, and did you know disabled people in the US with Medicaid are not allowed to have more than $2,000 in money and assets combined, or else we’ll lose our often life-saving health insurance? 🙃 Don’t fucking tell me forced poverty isn’t A Thing™” “Did you know disabled people in many countries (including the US and the UK) can’t get married or even LIVE with their partners because it causes a massive decrease (or removal entirely) of their disability benefits? Which should only make sense to you if you’re a eugenicist 🙂” “Did you know it’s still 100% legal to pay workers with disabilities less than minimum wage? 🙂” “Did you know disabled people with COVID are dying because they’re being denied care to save resources? A disabled man in Texas was denied care (and FOOD) in hospital for SIX. DAYS. Doc told his wife that, since he was disabled, he didn’t have a quality of life WORTH saving…” “Did you know that disabled people fought for AGES to get accessible accomodations for work, school, medical care? Did you know we were told it was IMPOSSIBLE to work from home, IMPOSSIBLE to attend school from home, IMPOSSIBLE to have telecom doctor appointments?” “Did you know these were all sorted and made avaliable within a month of abled people needing them after the onset the pandemic? Did you know now that states are opening back up and these accessibility accomodations are being revoked for many? 🙂” “Happy Disability Pride Month.” /end of image ID.]
