#disability rights law

[chronicallycouchbound]

Ugly Laws. Creepy coming from the word cripple. Freak shows. Fear of clowns. Bearded ladies with PCOS & intersex variations. Contortionists with EDS. Little people. “Missing links” people with Microcephaly. “Snake man” people with limb differences. Lack of welfare programs. Disability rights. All of these things are connected.

#chronically couchbound #disability #disabled #disabled pride #disability pride #cripple punk #cripplepunk #freak show #freaks #cripple #creepy #ugly laws #pcos #intersex #disability rights #crip rights #cripple pride #cripple posting #cripple life #cripple shit #angry cripple #ableism #public welfare

[vividstardustrevolution]

Disabled people (both people with physical disabilities and people with psychological disabilities) should be able to get housing, food, medical needs, etc met without having to work or stay in school. ...Okay, really, everyone deserves access to free or affordable housing, food, and medical care, but disabled people ESPECIALLY deserve it because if I, a law student with "low support needs" autism, depression, GAD, OCD, and ADHD, cannot afford to take a break from school and take a semester off because I'd have to start repaying my loans because I had to drop down to three credits last fall and because I would have to get a job, so it wouldn't really be a break (which, I have had one job in my life, and I'm not fully convinced it wasn't a fluke, and also, trying to maintain a job when you have disabilities is difficult), I can only imagine that disabled people with higher support needs are even more fucked than me when it comes to being able to get housing and food and medical care without much, if any, funding.

Yes, Medicaid, Medicare, Food Stamps, and housing programs exist in the US, but, uh, I hate to break it to y'all, but that doesn't fully fix the problem, at all. There are a lot of old apartment complexes that are straight up inaccessible if you use a wheelchair. I'm living in one now. Applying for Medicaid and other programs can be a pain in the ass, especially when you're disabled.

"Just live with your parents!" My parents were emotionally abusive and emotionally neglectful, transphobic, and they literally harassed me so much during my 1L year that I still have nightmares.

"Live with a roommate!" I tried to. It went fucking terribly.

"Are you really disabled if you're able to be in law school?" YES. YES I AM.

Actually, on that note, law schools and the law profession need to become more accommodating for disabled people ASAP. Buck v. Bell needs to be overturned. Courts should be wheelchair accessible. Having to get past seven plus different forms of ableism just to graduate and pass the bar is ridiculous. Seriously, can we get some resources for disabled people in law school and the law profession, please?

Disabled rights matter, and we have every right to be able to live in peace and get our needs met, regardless of our support needs, disabilities, or anything else.

#disability #disability rights #actually autistic #actually adhd #actually disabled #ocd #actually ocd #lawblr #disabled law student #US centric but it has to be said #In all seriousness though please I need a semester off #actually traumatized #cw abuse mention #accessibility #real lawblr

[uncanny-tranny]

"Why does this thing exist, people are so lazy!"

Disabled people both exist, and also.... even if it's "laziness", "laziness" is not a sin. People should be able to do anything with any level of assistance. Just because the way you exist is the way that is "normal" doesn't mean that it is Right and Divine

#disability #disability advocacy #ableism #ableism tw #and it's like... oh that exists?? oh the humanity!!!!!!! (sarcasm) #i'm sorry (not particularly) but disabled people outweigh your discomfort #and if a certain assistance doesn't help you then: don't use it and let the people who need it use it without harassment! #people have the right to be lazy too like it isn't against the law! #you have no idea why people are 'lazy' even if it isn't for dosability reasons

[slut-jpeg]

talking to able bodied people about being disabled is exhausting lol

#like having to explain to my friends that no I can’t just find another better job right away because the only way if found employment where #they don’t break the law and ignore my disability accommodations #is by going through the adrc #and it takes at least 6 months and sucks ass the whole time #and then when I finally do get the job it’s like a 40% or less chance #that it’s gonna be a moderately good fit #I’m actually so fucking tired #I can’t do this anymore

[stressedbeetle]

I know Sweden gets a lot of praise for being this socialist wonderland but seriously guys we still have capitalism, it still sucks and it especially sucks for anyone who is disabled or has a disabled family member. Yes we have rights and laws, but do you think anyone actually follows them? No, they cost to much money, disabled people are seen as a burden on the economy with nothing to contribute with. They just aren't worth the cost

#my little sister is disabled and despite all the laws that promise help or support #they don't follow up on these promises #If it weren't for my parents constantly trying to “battle” our government we would've been left in the gutter #she costs to much #and they just don't care #disabled people are seen as only worthy of help if it means they can contribute to the economy #my sister can't so they don't see the point in giving her her rights and support #(yes this rant is coming after the government has yet again decided to remove some much needed help from my sister) #capitalism sucks #sweden sucks #disabilities

[msclaritea]

you are a truly disgusting individual. your anti queer rhetoric is sending the world so far backward, you are pushing hate towards a community who already experiences so much shit from others like you. drag is not dangerous, it is art. being trans is not a cult. queer people are not inherently evil as you so clearly think. you are a sick fuck and I hope you have a terrible day <3

Scotland's Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew! 1/11

Lovely Scottish lass and convicted double rapist Isla Bryson found her true authentic female self shortly before she was due to be sentenced. Misgendering is hate, so respect Isla’s pronouns, please. Love the leggings! 2/11

Fragile flower Katie Dolatowski, 6'5", was rightly sent to a women's prison in Scotland after conviction. This ensured she was protected from violent, predatory men (unlike the 10-year-old girl Katie sexually assaulted in a women's public bathroom.) 3/11

Samantha Norris was cleared of exposing her penis to two 11-year-old girls. Hooray! Unfortunately she was then convicted for possession of 16,000 images of children being raped and sexually assaulted. Be that as it may, Sam’s still a lady to me! 4/11

Scottish woman and butcher Amy George abducted an 11-year-old girl while dressed in female clothing. No idea why this was mentioned in court – of course she was wearing women’s clothing, she's a woman! Amy took the girl home and sexually abused her over a 27-hour period. 5/11

But most women aren’t axe-toters or sex offenders, so let’s talk role models! Guilia Valentino (in red) wanted to play on the women's team 'because of sisterhood, validation and political visibility'. Naturally, she was given some boring cis girl’s place. Yay for inclusion! 6/11

Mridul Wadhwa, head of a Scottish rape crisis centre, says, ‘sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well.’ She has no gender recognition certificate, but was still appointed to a job advertised for women only. Time to be ‘challenged on your prejudices’, rape victims! 7/11

Munroe Bergdorf isn’t just a pretty face! Public campaigner for a children’s charity until safeguarding concerns were raised, she was appointed UN Women’s first ever UK champion. ‘What makes a woman “a woman” has no definitive answer,’ says Munroe. Great choice, UN Women! 8/11

Katie Neeves has been appointed as the UN Women UK delegate. She switched from straight man to lesbian at the age of 48 and, in a leaked 2022 webinar, described how she used to enjoy stealing and wearing her sister’s underwear. A truly relatable representative! 9/11

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Last, but least, TV’s India Willoughby proves we women can call a black broadcaster a ‘nasty bitch’ who ‘wouldn’t be anywhere without woke’, dub lesbians men, insult the looks of a female Olympic swimmer, ‘joke’ about kidnapping feminists, and STILL get airtime! What a gal! 10/11

🎉🌼🌸April Fools! 🌸🌼🎉

Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren't women at all, but men, every last one of them.

In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls. The new legislation is wide open to abuse by activists who wish to silence those of us speaking out about the dangers of eliminating women's and girls’ single-sex spaces, the nonsense made of crime data if violent and sexual assaults committed by men are recorded as female crimes, the grotesque unfairness of allowing males to compete in female sports, the injustice of women’s jobs, honours and opportunities being taken by trans-identified men, and the reality and immutability of biological sex.

For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable. The re-definition of 'woman' to include every man who declares himself one has already had serious consequences for women's and girls’ rights and safety in Scotland, with the strongest impact felt, as ever, by the most vulnerable, including female prisoners and rape survivors.

It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man. Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.

I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to

the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.

"It was only in Scotland that the Templars endured no persecution.." Albert G. Mackey

Knights Templars gave birth to the Freemasons.

The Templars practiced Dark Arts and Paganism.

The Templars infiltrated churches including the Church of England.

Reverend is a Masonic title.

Worship of the Pagan Adam Kadmon is worship of Divine Androgyne and Intersex.

The current Transgender Rights For Men and Drag, like the Gender Ideology in Weimer during WWII comes from Pagan worship, very sick elite fetish and Pedophiles. It steps on actual people suffering Body Dysphoria and physical disabilities, involving their organs.

Bottom line: Your 'Art' is FOUL and Fraudulent, meant only to please wealthy perverts and mock real women. Oh! And to allow access to children, for the perverts, you know damn well exist in your community.

#Transgender #Drag Queens #Fuck Freemason Tool Kevin Bacon #Scottish Hate Crime Law Is Anti-Child Safety and Anti-Woman #Women's Rights #Scottish Rite Freemasons #History #Catholic Church #France #Freemasons Include Conservatives and Liberals #Left AND Right #Bohemian Grove #Clarence Thomas #Gay Federalist Society #Black Boule #Hollywood #Propaganda Arm #Gender Affirming Care #Should only ve used for people with real disabilities #LGBTQ

[antiterf]

Okay as a disabled trans man, let me tell you how this sounds a lot better than it actually is.

The ADA is an amazing bill, it took a lot of work from disability activists to pass. It is still seen as a bit too progressive for a lot of corporate America because it requires businesses to accommodate their employees and to let disabled people use their services.

It is unique to disability because of accommodations. It needs to exist separately from other rights bills because disabled people cannot simply get equal access and have actual equality obtained. This bill is one of the few that focus on equity.

I have yet to be actually protected by the ADA as a disabled person. All of my progress and accommodations are from Section 504, which has a limited reach but is more enforced by the U.S. government.

Here are some reasons why this ruling has me incredibly conflicted:

Putting the protection under the diagnosis of gender dysphoria allows employers and other authority figures to require trans people to have that diagnosis to request "accommodations." Which will likely be seen as being able to change their name at work or school without a legal name change, go by pronouns other than their agab, use the correctly gendered spaces, etc. It puts the entire transgender identity into the hands of doctors.

Meaning that if a trans person wants to get basic respect, an employer can require them to get a doctors note for it. You need healthcare, time, and luck getting a doctor that will diagnose you if you are not already diagnosed.

This should be obvious but yeah, requesting accommodation gives employers the right to have some access to your medical records. Many people do not know that it's against the law for an employer to request medical records unrelated to disability, and employers will try to do that with trans people.

It has been stated by researchers that gender dysphoria should not be diagnosed unless specifically requested by the patient for health insurance coverage because of the stigma it causes and because how little health providers are informed on it.

This legal ruling for the United States puts all trans people under a medicalized view. It puts our rights not in our hands but in the hands of medical authority. A lot of trans people do not have a good fucking time at the doctors office despite the overwhelming support that transition should be seen as medically necessary.

It clarifies that gender dysphoria is seen as a mental disorder like other disabilities. If American society ran on the social model of disability, where disability is seen as a natural variation, this would be fine. Sadly, it runs on the medical model, where disability is seen as something to get fixed. This ruling implies that gender dysphoria is unnatural instead of a normal reaction to having a gender identity that does not match your birth-assigned one. This goes against the view that even medical practitioners take with gender dysphoria.

The ADA needs to be enforced by the individual in courts. If you are discriminated against, you need the time and money to go to court for years on something that is usually hard to prove. I got fired from a job for requesting accommodations but never did anything about it because even if I did have a case, not many lawyers would bother taking a reward from a minimum-wage job.

Small businesses (businesses with under 15 employees) do not need to abide by the ADA. At all. Under this, a small business denying trans people services is still completely legal.

"Analysis of cases decided under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which addresses employment discrimination, reveals that defendants have consistently prevailed in well over 90% of cases since the ADA’s inception."

Luckily the amended ADA in 2008 allows for the protection of those who are perceived as disabled, so even without diagnosis, there can still be a case when it comes to discrimination from strangers.

Still, even though it's disability pride month, it is not good to be lumped in with us regarding rights because often it's "hey that's illegal" and nothing comes of it. Public attitudes influence how laws are enforced, and public attitudes on disability are abysmal.

I am not trying to play the oppression Olympics, I am trying to give a good overview. This can be an improvement for some trans people, and it especially helps with the constant healthcare bans we are seeing. I am incredibly worried about this, though, and I need to share why that is.

#disability law #supreme court #transgender rights #transgender news #supreme court ruling #disability rights #americans with disabilities act #ada #transgender #trans

[charismaticwanderer]

We are organizing this fundraiser with a few friends because this person needs as much help as they can get. The story in the description doesn't even scratch the surface but that is as many details as can be safely given without them getting forced to take down the gofundme again. If this comes across your feed, you can help. Even if you can't donate. You can not only reshare but copy the link and directly ask friends and family who have money to help. If there is ever a time you wanted to get involved and help stop trans genocide now is the time.

#trangender #disability #chronically ill #chronic illness #trans rights #anti trans laws #activism #anarchy #communism #communist #mutual aid #leftist #lgbtq community #disabled rights #indigenous #actually abused #abuse survivor #trauma #trauma survivor #complex trauma

[repression-is-bullshit]

I do not owe a debt to society; for it is the authorities who owe a debt to me for their corruption and fraud.

#society #authority #debt #false imprisonment #human rights violations #class war #disability #honor #is #law #corruption #fraud #murderous intent #murderous fraud #accessory after the fact #accessory to murder #aiding and abetting #the fugitive #with #attempted murder

[fracktastic]

disability $$ question

long, complicated question about how to best help someone who's going onto disability.

Relative A is in California and dying (weeks to months, probably not enough time to finalize any complex legal devices that aren't already in the works).

Relative B is in Ohio and in the process of going onto disability. My understanding is that there are ridiculously low limits on the assets they can have without losing their benefits.

Relative A and I are trying to figure out how to help Relative B without screwing them out of benefits.

Could relative A and I set up a checking account and add B as an authorized user without creating issues? Open up a joint credit card that autopays from a checking account in my name or a trust? Anything else?

#disability #disability rights #disabled #disability justice #Disability finance #Disability law

[haydenhaystackarts]

Every time I think about sidewalk discourse, I want to bring up the fact that sidewalks ARE accommodations. They are an assess right to everyone. They exist to lessen the burden of uneven travels for feets and wheels and hooves. That’s what pavement was created for.

So when people think it’s okay because it only hinders disabled folks (to which I say-we’re out here!), it hinders everyone.

But that’s not the point, right? An abled can walk around an obstruction.

It’s still an unnecessary minor inconvenience to the abled, and potentially a huge nuisance to a disabled person.

Whether ableds care about disabled folk, or disabled folk care about ableds in the argument— sidewalks are inherently an access feature in society. We have no right to block public access indefinitely.

Hell, in most places we are in legal obligation for safe and unobstructed assess on private property - lest we be denied service (mail) or worse, fined or even condemned.

I bring it up because of recent events in my life and because of a post I just saw.

#cripple punk #cripplepunk #disabled #accessability #accommodations #sidewalks #the right to be in public #anti ugly law #edited #bc i cant spell access apparently

[annoyingalchemist]

God, every time somebody tries to downplay the seriousness of racism/ableism I just get a vision of the lawsuit my school district stalled in the courts for 30 years where a black autistic boy in an elementary school was having a meltdown.

So they shoved him in one of those "body socks" against his will and beat him half to death.

This was a class action lawsuit. So this or similar things had happened as a matter of course, presumably for... since it lost the suit that made it desegregate (which I think it had been skating the law on for ~100 years when the federal law came in), or earlier.

It was settled out of court.

Just like. It comes out that a little boy got seriously injured, maliciously, by at least one of your staff members, that hundreds of similar cases are out there, and you don't even have the decency to be horrified by it. And then you stall for thirty. years.

The boy who you nearly killed is coming on 40 if he isn't dead and you keep fucking pushing.

If this had happened to a white boy, or an abled boy... it wouldn't have. Happened. But if it did, there would be a mob screaming for the superintendent's head two days later.

There wasn't, because as a society we have decided that it's ok for black autistic boys to get bludgeoned to death for being upset. I do not know how any social system could be more effective or more sinister without roving hit squads.

#sociology #racism #autism #the black part definitely is the biggest contributor here #but i don't think you can ignore the disability #incredibly frustratingly i can't find the case but i CAN find references to it- #it was one disability rights ohio did and they have a bunch #disability stuff #abled fuckery #education #children #law

[tyrianlynch]

When ur disabled and ur bosses start being shitty to u and it’s very clearly bc theyre annoyed ur disabled and everyone in ur life is like “oh we’ve all dealt with bosses being shitty” but they don’t get the huuuuge different between bosses being shitty and bosses being shitty purely bc ur disabled

#it’s such a big difference #and they’re telling me to do nothing and just let it happen! #‘let them cut ur hours and thank them for letting u be there at all!’ #WHY SHOULD I #it’s literally not my fault that my abilities are different from those of my coworkers #and when they hired me they were well aware of my disabilities and the problems it could cause #and they said it wouldn’t cause any problems! #but now they’re cutting my fucking hours bc I couldn’t show up to a meeting bc I was in so much pain I couldn’t fucking move #and bc I can’t work long days WHICH I TOLD THEM I WOULDNT BE ABLE TO IN OUR INTERVIEW #but now they’re saying they have to prioritize the people who are able to work longer hours??? #tell me that shit when ur hiring me! #also everyone keeps saying ‘oh they have the right to cut ur hours they’re the bosses’ they literally don’t! #they literally are breaking laws if they are cutting my hours bc I’m disabled! that’s literally illegal! #I’m just so angry and can’t stop crying but there’s not a single person in my life I can talk to about this #bc they all think I’m being over dramatic and that I should say whatever it takes to keep my job #but if keeping my job means letting them treat me like a second class citizen then I don’t even want the fucking job! #it’s just not worth it to me #anyways sorry I haven’t been active lately and literally just came on here to complain #I just didn’t know where else to put this anger since talking to anyone else abt this has just made me angrier

[airbenderedacted]

my b-day was so chill and nice this year. you wouldn't even guess that i lost my insurance benefits today and now the meds i literally need in order to be functional as a person now cost me 1.1k a pop ! ❤️

#BUT LIKE LEGITEMATELY I THINK IT'S GONNA BE FINE back up plan s back up plans backup plans #florida's only done One whole thing right. ever. and that's making laws that say tht children can stay on their parent's insurance til 30 #(the insurance i was on was my father's and it was LIT bc the man works for the supreme courts aoguhHHGHGHG im gonna miss that. hough) #now i get normal floridian coverage. and they dont cover my meds actually but they can if i ask nicely. so. fingers crossed knock on wood #all this is just a reminder that capitalism is the greatest evil #ik people dont believe adhd is a disability but i very much need these things to keep myself . Alive. #so. prayer and well wishes and crossed fingers all around #ultimate birthday wish: HEALTHCARE HEALTH CARE HEALT