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Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2020 15:19:50 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 19:52:41 GMT
Note the belief that if you're insane you can't be right about anything. Blatant bigoted rubbish. Quora is full of ignorant people who have no idea about mh problems. I used to do it but not now as I think is a bit ridiculous to set myself up as an authority on anything.. it encourages the ego. And everyone is an expert on there. That is not to say there aren't real experts on Quora, but most are not.
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Post by Admin on Jul 19, 2020 20:51:17 GMT
Note the belief that if you're insane you can't be right about anything. Blatant bigoted rubbish. Quora is full of ignorant people who have no idea about mh problems. I used to do it but not now as I think is a bit ridiculous to set myself up as an authority on anything.. it encourages the ego. And everyone is an expert on there. That is not to say there aren't real experts on Quora, but most are not. i really don't know what the categorical truth is of psychosis / religion & spirituality / UFO & Alien / Conspiracy & associated areas? Within certain ranges a lot of 'everything' is an opinion. i have really gone off a lot of the conspiracy / alternative areas.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 14:39:04 GMT
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Post by Admin on Aug 9, 2020 14:48:15 GMT
It's an absolute disgrace.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 14:22:56 GMT
Disabled People and Care Workers Must Build Common Cause in the Fight for Better Conditions.
novaramedia.com/2020/09/24/disabled-people-and-care-workers-build-common-cause-in-the-fight-for-better-conditions/The care industry has complex power dynamics that make organising and unionising a challenge. It contains a workforce that is underpaid and often multiply marginalised – low-paid, BAME, usually women, and often migrant workers – but also a class of disabled people reliant on that same workforce. Where one of those groups is exploited, the other group is also exploited. But the left needs to recognise it has obligations beyond those owed to the workers in this situation – it also has an obligation to the disabled people reliant on those workers. If we ignore the complexities of this relationship, we risk undermining and disempowering the people dependent on carers to meet their daily needs. If our overarching goal is dignity and liberation for all, we need to develop a model of organising that builds and develops solidarity with care workers and disabled people alike, and doesn’t advantage one group to disadvantage another.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2020 14:31:20 GMT
The Government has Abandoned the Disabled People Hit Hardest by the Coronavirus. bylinetimes.com/2020/10/02/government-conservatives-disabled-people-coronavirus/Almost two-thirds of all people who have died from COVID-19 are disabled. Where is the support for some of the most vulnerable in our society? With the emergency Coronavirus Act under review in the House of Commons this week and new local lockdowns announced on an almost-daily basis, questions are being asked – privately and publicly – about the absence of scrutiny over these new restrictions to our lives. Indeed, when it comes to the devastating impact of COVID-19 on disabled people in particular, there is shamefully little transparency, inquiry or interest. Almost two-thirds of all people who have died from COVID-19 are disabled. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that disabled people made up almost 60% of all deaths involving COVID-19 until July 2020 (27,534 of 46,314 deaths). What is more staggering is that these figures are an underestimate. As the ONS says, its data sources do not allow a statistical analysis by type of disability (like learning disability or specific physical disability). The analysis is also based on the 2011 census, which the ONS says is the best model currently available, yet is not reflective of the full UK disabled population. “It is likely that the number of people who are recorded as having an activity-limiting condition [disability] is now an underestimate,” the ONS says, “because those not limited in 2011 may have developed a long-term health condition over the past nine years that limits their activities or any existing health condition may have worsened in severity, causing them to become limited.” Figures from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – the health and social care regulator – show a similar story, revealing a 175% increase in unexpected deaths among learning disabled or autistic people during the pandemic. “It does still look like COVID-19 death rates might be higher for people with learning disabilities than for other people,” Professor Chris Hatton from Lancaster University said in July. Hatton warned three month earlier on his blog that there was “no room for complacency,” urging regular, honest, accessible information from the Government. Yet six months into the pandemic, despite repeated warnings and requests for practical information and action from experts, campaigners, families and disabled people, there is little sign that such issues are being grasped
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Post by Admin on Oct 17, 2020 10:30:29 GMT
"Another myth that is firmly upheld is that disabled people are dependent and non-disabled people are independent. No one is actually independent. This is a myth perpetuated by disablism and driven by capitalism - we are all actually interdependent. Chances are, disabled or not, you don’t grow all of your food. Chances are, you didn’t build the car, bike, wheelchair, subway, shoes, or bus that transports you. Chances are you didn’t construct your home. Chances are you didn’t sew your clothing (or make the fabric and thread used to sew it).
The difference between the needs that many disabled people have and the needs of people who are not labelled as disabled is that non-disabled people have had their dependencies normalized. The world has been built to accommodate certain needs and call the people who need those things independent, while other needs are considered exceptional. Each of us relies on others every day. We all rely on one another for support, resources, and to meet our needs. We are all interdependent. This interdependence is not weakness; rather, it is a part of our humanity."
- AJ Withers, Disability Politics and Theory
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Post by Admin on Dec 3, 2020 11:02:35 GMT
No one should underestimate what the disabled are living with and they should be supported by the state without hassle and anxiety. The meanness and persecution by the govn and DWP does anger me. There is also too much emphasis on 'recovery' which obviously would be money saving for them.
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Post by Admin on Jan 7, 2021 9:46:16 GMT
Disabled People Are Reclaiming The Narrative – But There’s More To Be DoneBy Dr Stephen Duckworth OBE, Chair, Leonard Cheshire 6 Jan 2021 eachother.org.uk/possibility-with-disability-reclaim-narrative/We were disabled, not by our individual impairment, but by the institutional, architectural, and widespread attitudinal barriers that dominated at the time. Dr Stephen Duckworth OBE
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