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It's Invisible Disability Week!
It's not because others can't see your disability or chronic illness that it isn't real or impacting your life the same way a visible disability would.
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Spokz People
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Spokz People
@SpokzPeople
Supporting disabled people through our online wellbeing programme and supporting professionals working with disabled people through training & supervision
UK Katılım Şubat 2011
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Seeing disabled characters in video games is so important because it shows non-disabled people that it is normal to have disabled people in our entourage.
We should never erase ourselves.
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No reason why disabled people shouldn't work from home.
At Spokz People, we all work from home.
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@Vendovah @Autistic_Lauren You just taught me something new lol
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@Autistic_Lauren I've always thought of the meaning literally 😂 like watch Netflix and just chill, by eating snacks or something. Until my friend told me what it actually means and I was like "WHAT, THEN WHY...?? HOW??" I had so many questions
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Autistic people will hear "Netflix and chill" and then be disappointed that's there's no Netflix
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@humanbeingawk If disabled people are alive and in this society, then we deserve an inclusive environment where we too can flourish.
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Why are disabled people not allowed to live in the capital, Jess?
Jess@jessgill03
There shouldn’t be any council housing in London. Cities, especially the capital, should be for the productive. It’s not fair on young professionals who have to spend thousands of pounds each month for simple food, transport and rent.
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@Autistic_Lauren I bet autistic's fave is autumn : No seasonal allergies, neither too hot, nor too cold.
The worst is probably summer or winter
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Asking autistics, what's your least favourite season of the year?
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Who on earth has the energy to pretend being disabled? The money really isn't worth it
Carlsberg.@Carlynotcarley
So if anyone would like to inform me as to what 'genuinely disabled' means I'd be grateful
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The "pushing through" mentality is so toxic for disabled people
Steve B@75ThunderRoad
You can't make ill children better by pressuring them into school when ill. You can't make ill staff better by pressuring them into work when ill. You can't reduce illness absence by encouraging people to "push through". You can't improve outcomes by fuelling harm. You can't.
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@SpokzPeople @DRDisabilityReb No kidding. They're just pissed at the idea that someone else might not suffer more than them. It's disgusting, and ignorant.
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@SpokzPeople @DRDisabilityReb Disabled people get very little because they don't have the capacity to hunt down everything they're actually eligible for. The fakers get an obscene amount because they have the capacity to do so. My father was a faker. You wouldn't believe what he got away with.
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@GabrielPurves @basilthegreat Many charities can be super scummy and totally use volunteers as free labour whilst they get all the income
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@basilthegreat LOL I've got mild autism and done 210 hours unpaid for a Mind charity shop in the last 166 days and doing another 4hrs today, that does include 1/8th breaks but I've also had zero offer of a paid position and around 9% of the money actually goes to charity, CEO on £140k/year
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🚨WAITROSE AXES VOLUNTEER WITH SEVERE AUTISM
This is an awful story
Tom Boyd has severe autism but he enjoys stacking shelves so he offered to do it for free at his local Waitrose.
They let him work for SIX HUNDRED HOURS UNPAID over FOUR YEARS
His family asked could he be paid going forward because he's doing such a great job and WAITROSE TOLD HIM TO LEAVE
@waitrose have a heart for christ sake!
The lad is clearly doing a decent job or you wouldn't have had him be your slave for the past 4 years
GIVE TOM A JOB!!!
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Disabled people should also be paid for their work. We shouldn't be condemned to volunteer when others get paid to do the same job.
Basil the Great@BasilTheGreat
Give Tom a Job! Give Tom a Job! Give Tom a Job!
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Fix the system please! Us disabled people deserve better than to be blamed for needing support. We did not choose our bodies.
Society expects us to fit in even though it would benefit us all for it to change.
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This is key : it's crazy to assume that disabled people have families that can always support them or want to care for them.
Kelly@broadwaybabyto
Before you tell a disabled person it’s their family’s responsibility to care for them… remember that not everyone has family. What’s more, disabled people are far more likely to be trapped in abusive relationships. Better social supports would help them break free.
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It can be super difficult to find the right therapist as a disabled or chronically ill person. Most therapists are not trained about accessibility, challenges specific to our community and inclusive language.
BBC Access All@BBCAccessAll
"I've been sectioned four times…but I've never had therapy" Grime musician, Shocka, on pouring his heart out in a music studio rather than in a counsellor's office, to help manage his mental health He just hopes the studio engineer wasn't listening...
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Imagine having to be your own advocate because others don't want to make society accessible to all
Knova 🌙 they/them@knovastreams
I wish disabled people didn’t have to fight so hard to be apart of things / society
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Support is never granted to us. We disabled and chronically ill people often have to fight for it at all times, and if we have no support network, then Lord have mercy on us. The fatigue is REAL.
Kelly@broadwaybabyto
People think that when you become disabled, support magically appears That once it’s official you will have your basic needs met People fight for years to get the bare minimum in benefits Caregivers are impossible to find If you’re not rich or very lucky… you’re on your own
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