newhologram

thatdiabolicalfeminist

unfortunately you can be seen as both, by different people or by the same people at different times... including doctors

armadillo-dreaming

[ID: Venn Diagram of “Not Disabled Enough” and “Too Disabled” overlapping with a thin slice of “Right amount of disabled.” There’s points alongside ranging as a scale.

Not Disabled Enough:

  • Thrown off benefits
  • Dying after being deemed fit to work
  • Seen as scrounger
  • No suitable or accessible jobs

Right amount of disabled:

  • Inspiration porn

Too Disabled:

  • No ventilator if you catch Covid
  • Social care cuts
  • Independence thwarted
  • Seen as burden
  • “There’s always assisted dying”

/end ID]