The NHS must invest in comprehensive provision of alternatives to inpatient care to ensure more people to get effective help closer to home, according to a new report from Centre for Mental Health #CareBeyondBeds www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications...
Disabled people have been discriminated against in every aspect of life: care, housing, employment, transportation and countless others.
No one should be codifying assisted dying for disabled people before disabled people are provided with the necessities of life.
With a (sometimes hidden) disability I feel people underestimate the pressure society has put on us to reach certain milestones.
Grieving the time I have lost to my illness is both painful and liberating. Doing life slowly and letting go of where I feel should be is a constant journey
Headline from a rich person who writes: "Don't replace the culture war with the class war"
Counterpoint: Do
That was my thought. I don't know where I would be without the faith my team has in me recovering. Without them cheerleading me to give life a chance despite the length/duration/severity of my illness, who knows where I would be.
As a patient, when I am underweight, I talk endlessly and seriously about wanting to die. Those feelings are very real when in the depths of my illness, and i feel i do have capacity at these times. This coversation was very thoughtful, but I do fear such discussions about palliative care and EDs.
Channel 4 documentary on benefits was ‘atrocity’ and ‘insult’ to disabled people in poverty, say activists
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Where is the talk of the mass disabling event that was the pandemic? Where is the recognition that we are a genuinely sicker society?
I am 10 minutes into the Channel 4 Dispatches Documentary on benefits, and I'm already enraged at the representation of those with disabilities.
Even having a window in my bedroom door that anyone can look through was enough to trigger my ptsd, we need to be treated with dignity, not constant observations and restrictions. It instils a sense of fear that makes me more dependent on maladaptive behaviours
Most Brits will look at the US reaction to the assassination of United Health’s CEO & think “thank god we don’t have that system, where insurance firms try every trick to deny care even to ppl theoretically covered”…& have no idea that United Health is already “helping” NHS manage access & provision
Obviously milk as it relates to the climate crisis is political, but it feels like they're trying to create a culture war over your milk choices, and that just feels a little hilarious
Kind of love that we now have left wing milk 😅
How have we got to the point where even milk is up for political debate.
If Labour don’t offer the public enough positive change, lots more people are going to flock to Farage.
I can't wait to one day be a middle-class woman of a certain age 🥰
The lens of ableism devalues and dehumanizes disabled people.
The lens of ableism blurs access, accommodation, rights, equity and justice for disabled people in favor of continued exclusion.
I am in favour of assisted dying but im extremely wary until society accepts, appreciates and supports the sick & disabled to live. I don’t trust a society who forever calls us a burden or scroungers to make decisions in our best interests. The article was genius
This is why we need a Labour party that doesn't pander to the far right. Offer us an inspiring vision for the future without sowing more division.
🚨DR UK's Statement on Passing of Assisted Dying Bill
We stand firmly against a law that risks pressuring Disabled people into decisions driven by lack of options rather than genuine choice. This bill could reinforce the narrative that Disabled people’s lives are less valuable.
My statement on the Assisted Dying Bill.
I saw this art and I really don't think people understand how much disabled people like me are framed as "burdens" as it is - maybe it would be better for everyone if we were to end our suffering. It saves our families money & time caring for us. The taxpayer money.
So, as seen in Canada...
I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
Labour can’t even mention long Covid in their ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper but they can make time for an Assisted Dying Bill.
Sums everything up.
I'm so sorry to hear that's your experience. Try not to give up hope. We're all fighting for more rights and greater understanding of these problems. I hope things look up for you, and one day, we can abolish the stigma that cripples us
The fact that self-worth is often tied to wage labour can be devastating, but whether you're in work or not, you deserve to feel valued. We are all just trying to survive in increasingly dark times, and if you're still with us, you're doing a great job #mentalhealth #disability #work
We really don’t talk enough about the detrimental mental health impact of being constantly told, and treated like you’re a burden to society has on people out of work, especially disabled people.
I wonder if it's because of the emphasis on the 'working' class. As often people with disabilities can not fully participate in the workplace, we are often ignored as some kind of underclass because we don't neatly fit in within an ideology built around working people? Just a thought
A beautiful piece. Pets are truly a god send to some of us ❤️🩹
