As a multiply disabled person, I can't tell you how much it means to me just to read someone coming to our defense. Thank you, Laura K! Over here, across the pond from you, the terminology and infrastructure (or should I say, lack thereof) is different, but the results appear to be pretty much the same. If Trump gets elected in '24, I suppose there's a good chance I will be dog food in about 15 months' time. If that happens, I'm leaving all my worldly goods to you, Laura K, in gratitude! (it's not much, but I bet you've always yearned to be the proud owner of a blue plaid lap blanket and a dented green cane.) 😉
Yeah I've been "completely and totally disabled" since 2016 and yet I'm planning to return to work just so another country will accept me from the US. After being worked to six literal deaths from a second coronary (in a row - about in an hour) and returning to work for another year after that, I was finally at the risk of a third coronary and got a pacemaker and disability.
Now on my monthly stipend of less than $500 a month after working thirty years, I'm using a windfall of income to leave this country after showing that kind of gratitude. (To anyone unfamiliar with local economy, that's not enough money to cover rent in the shittiest, most violent and filthy area in the country, let alone things like utilities, phone, healthy food, dignified life, et cetera).
So painfully true! I had a friend who went on disability. I guess he felt bad about the indignation of honest, Bible-thumping ReThuglicans, because he committed suicide. The offerings are meager, and even with Section Eight Housing, he simply could not subsist.
"If Trump gets elected in '24," things truly WILL get worse for you. His second term will result in more tax breaks for the wealthy and more spending on "defense," whereupon his administration will feel compelled to "tighten the belt" and slash social spending savagely (in order to Make America Gangrenous Always). Good luck to all of us!
I do not accuse Biden of compassion. I merely point out the obvious: that under Trump, things will get MUCH worse for disabled people and others struggling at the lower economic strata. This is not a "derangement syndrome"; it is a fact.
There's no such thing as "derangement syndrome" anyway. Accusing other people being "deranged," "crazy," "insane," etc. for nothing more than disagreement is an ableist tactic that is waaaay overused in our culture, on both the left and the right. It's just a careless way of condemning others' ideas without taking the time to discuss the point.
"doing the exact opposite" is not required criteria for discerning between self-absorbed, wannabe dictators and politicians who are definitely flawed but ingenuously concerned with being of service.
Perhaps Sunak could teach disabled people very basic job skills, such as how to fill a car with petrol, how to order a McDonalds or how to use a credit card. He might even employ a disabled person to show him those basic skills first 🙄
I love you so much Laura K. When I can't take any more, there you are with your tart summation. I don't think I'm going to make it out of Canada, but, wherever you are, I'm with you.
I couldn't manage a smile as this hits too close to home for me. I have refused so far to apply for high rate dla/ pip as I can just about pay my bills. Yes I do owe money but am managing "Sort of"! How many More people like myself have to suffer under the bstad tories? It'll be more of the same under Starmer tbh. The European Courts as well as the British Courts already going back to 2017 have stated the uk government DWP have unjustifiably have targeted the Disabled, the Sick and elderly the most vulnerable people in Society! How a Government treat its Vulnerable citizens is very telling! Hitler sent the Disabled physically and mentally to the extermination and work camps. Hunt and Sunak and soon to be ( unfortunately) starmers party will continue this barbarianism against the weak and Vulnerable! Wouldn't surprise me if he has already started digging holes for us all.
Nah, they’ll be content with all us with mental health problems offing ourselves. That’ll ease the burden enough that the rest of you might be safe...for about 3 years!
The rest of you ? I believe that since the tories have been in power people with mental health issues have risen by 218 % if stories are true, I have kept my Sanity almost! I still take diazepam and flouroxitine just to get by, ( CPTSD) like many many people I hide it as best I can even though I know my physical health is getting worse my mental health isn't getting any better
Delboy, DON'T delay applying for PIP, It takes forever to go through especially as initially they will probably turn you down, if they do, appeal, with the help of CAB. It's a pain in the arse but could make a huge difference to you !!
I get low dla and high mobility, and I get by with that. I am Not sure I can continue to keep going as I have cut everything I can to bare minimum. I don't drink I have specific dietary supplements which I don't have a choice but to pay for.
Cruelty -- what do they call it now? "mean-spirit behavior"? -- seems a common trait amongst the Right on both sides of the Pond (and elsewhere). However, the Marquis de Sade foresaw much of this in his perverse literature. For example, a minister (in France) suggested reducing the poor to cannibalism. Now THAT might be a solution: *Soylent Green* without the facade of legitimacy!
The abuse of disabled people is unconscionable. The USA offers only minimal protections. I was granted Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for partial disability: no problem. Of course, the institution in question (a college) promptly slashed my work load and fired me shortly thereafter, but at least I had my "accommodations." Bottom line: to Hell with all these abusive Right-wing criminals.
As a multiply disabled person, I can't tell you how much it means to me just to read someone coming to our defense. Thank you, Laura K! Over here, across the pond from you, the terminology and infrastructure (or should I say, lack thereof) is different, but the results appear to be pretty much the same. If Trump gets elected in '24, I suppose there's a good chance I will be dog food in about 15 months' time. If that happens, I'm leaving all my worldly goods to you, Laura K, in gratitude! (it's not much, but I bet you've always yearned to be the proud owner of a blue plaid lap blanket and a dented green cane.) 😉
Yeah I've been "completely and totally disabled" since 2016 and yet I'm planning to return to work just so another country will accept me from the US. After being worked to six literal deaths from a second coronary (in a row - about in an hour) and returning to work for another year after that, I was finally at the risk of a third coronary and got a pacemaker and disability.
Now on my monthly stipend of less than $500 a month after working thirty years, I'm using a windfall of income to leave this country after showing that kind of gratitude. (To anyone unfamiliar with local economy, that's not enough money to cover rent in the shittiest, most violent and filthy area in the country, let alone things like utilities, phone, healthy food, dignified life, et cetera).
So long, America, and thanks for all the fish!
So painfully true! I had a friend who went on disability. I guess he felt bad about the indignation of honest, Bible-thumping ReThuglicans, because he committed suicide. The offerings are meager, and even with Section Eight Housing, he simply could not subsist.
"If Trump gets elected in '24," things truly WILL get worse for you. His second term will result in more tax breaks for the wealthy and more spending on "defense," whereupon his administration will feel compelled to "tighten the belt" and slash social spending savagely (in order to Make America Gangrenous Always). Good luck to all of us!
Because your current pos is doing the exact opposite to that? TDS
I do not accuse Biden of compassion. I merely point out the obvious: that under Trump, things will get MUCH worse for disabled people and others struggling at the lower economic strata. This is not a "derangement syndrome"; it is a fact.
There's no such thing as "derangement syndrome" anyway. Accusing other people being "deranged," "crazy," "insane," etc. for nothing more than disagreement is an ableist tactic that is waaaay overused in our culture, on both the left and the right. It's just a careless way of condemning others' ideas without taking the time to discuss the point.
"doing the exact opposite" is not required criteria for discerning between self-absorbed, wannabe dictators and politicians who are definitely flawed but ingenuously concerned with being of service.
Agreed!
Perhaps Sunak could teach disabled people very basic job skills, such as how to fill a car with petrol, how to order a McDonalds or how to use a credit card. He might even employ a disabled person to show him those basic skills first 🙄
I love you so much Laura K. When I can't take any more, there you are with your tart summation. I don't think I'm going to make it out of Canada, but, wherever you are, I'm with you.
Laura!!!! I've never laughed so much about such a serious matter, my neighbour will think I've gone bonkers seeing that there's no one else here!
You're really done the Tories proud, any chance of your clever writing beinng on the front page of the Daily Mail?
The truly awful thing about this is, there are a hell of a lot of people out there who would agree with the jist of this.
I couldn't manage a smile as this hits too close to home for me. I have refused so far to apply for high rate dla/ pip as I can just about pay my bills. Yes I do owe money but am managing "Sort of"! How many More people like myself have to suffer under the bstad tories? It'll be more of the same under Starmer tbh. The European Courts as well as the British Courts already going back to 2017 have stated the uk government DWP have unjustifiably have targeted the Disabled, the Sick and elderly the most vulnerable people in Society! How a Government treat its Vulnerable citizens is very telling! Hitler sent the Disabled physically and mentally to the extermination and work camps. Hunt and Sunak and soon to be ( unfortunately) starmers party will continue this barbarianism against the weak and Vulnerable! Wouldn't surprise me if he has already started digging holes for us all.
Nah, they’ll be content with all us with mental health problems offing ourselves. That’ll ease the burden enough that the rest of you might be safe...for about 3 years!
The rest of you ? I believe that since the tories have been in power people with mental health issues have risen by 218 % if stories are true, I have kept my Sanity almost! I still take diazepam and flouroxitine just to get by, ( CPTSD) like many many people I hide it as best I can even though I know my physical health is getting worse my mental health isn't getting any better
Try asking your doctor for Sertraline instead
Delboy, DON'T delay applying for PIP, It takes forever to go through especially as initially they will probably turn you down, if they do, appeal, with the help of CAB. It's a pain in the arse but could make a huge difference to you !!
I get low dla and high mobility, and I get by with that. I am Not sure I can continue to keep going as I have cut everything I can to bare minimum. I don't drink I have specific dietary supplements which I don't have a choice but to pay for.
The Tories are gonna get murderized, and they know it.
Yep. We're just livestock 🙁
Thank you too, Jamine
Spelling, as well as sitting down, is so hard
😊
I could not tag you in this gratitude post, Laura
https://substack.com/@indiemediatoday/note/c-44163390?r=539iu&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
I’m a 63 year old brain tumor survivor. Guess I’m on the chopping block
They have succeeded in meeting their aim.
'....turn care home residents into animal feed', why hasn't anybody else thought of that?
Yet more stimulating insights into 🇬🇧 Gov.
Most enjoyable and entertaining.
The ministers are money grabbers!
Cruelty -- what do they call it now? "mean-spirit behavior"? -- seems a common trait amongst the Right on both sides of the Pond (and elsewhere). However, the Marquis de Sade foresaw much of this in his perverse literature. For example, a minister (in France) suggested reducing the poor to cannibalism. Now THAT might be a solution: *Soylent Green* without the facade of legitimacy!
The abuse of disabled people is unconscionable. The USA offers only minimal protections. I was granted Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for partial disability: no problem. Of course, the institution in question (a college) promptly slashed my work load and fired me shortly thereafter, but at least I had my "accommodations." Bottom line: to Hell with all these abusive Right-wing criminals.
Maui, version two.
Visions for the Orwellian world of the New World Order. "You will own nothing, and you will be happy."
Or dead....
Solent Green iirc, an interesting future Tory documentary or it could have been a SciFi movie 😂
Not sure Southampton or the IoW were involved. The vegan version uses Soylent. 😛
Ah yes, Soylent it was, memory fail! 50 years ago it was released, recycling at its blackest.
Was quite a shocking premise!
That you - I needed that chuckle