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I support the anti-work movement, but I feel as a disabled person that we get left out of the discussion.

For example, everyone talks about a leviable wage but with the way things are set up we can't take advantage of it. Not only can't we if you are on SSI you can only have 2000 saved up your whole lifetime but as soon as you try working not only will you be chronically underpaid compared to abled bodied people but you will be stripped of the social programs you need to live knowing you might not be able to get them back because the powers that be don't want you to have such things in the first place. So, you have to choose between trying to work risking your life for increasing small crams or to saying on a broken system that on a good day is barely enough to help you stay alive. Most the time it isn't. We are also the first to be fired and if…


For example, everyone talks about a leviable wage but with the way things are set up we can't take advantage of it. Not only can't we if you are on SSI you can only have 2000 saved up your whole lifetime but as soon as you try working not only will you be chronically underpaid compared to abled bodied people but you will be stripped of the social programs you need to live knowing you might not be able to get them back because the powers that be don't want you to have such things in the first place. So, you have to choose between trying to work risking your life for increasing small crams or to saying on a broken system that on a good day is barely enough to help you stay alive. Most the time it isn't. We are also the first to be fired and if you are lucky enough to find a job that covers your health needs most do everything can not to including not hiring you at all you are trapped and can't risk rocking the boat which leaves you at risk of being abused. These things need to be talked about and acknowledged.

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