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as promised, a thread on #CripTax

I want to talk about a very particular type of Crip Tax. For a more comprehensive idea of the extra costs with being disabled, check out @Imani_Barbarin’s hashtag #TheCostOfBeingDisabled!
Let’s start off with asset caps. Many disabled people live with an asset cap, meaning they cannot own or make a certain amount of money. The most common limit is assets over $2,000.
But it’s also just more expensive for disabled people to exist. Our $2,000 doesn’t mean as much as your $2,000

Why? The most obvious reason is increased medical bills, and insurance not covering things like $800 wheelchairs that people need to navigate the world.
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Ableds,

hi, hello, wish we could have met under better circumstances, but here we are.

Generally speaking people don’t care about ableism until it affects them so you are probably panic-following myself and a bunch of other disabled people

Here’s a crash course.

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You’re probably experiencing a lot of different emotions based on how the government is treating the #COVIDー19 pandemic and watching in horror as people around you dismiss your fear as irrational.

I would love to say I’m going to hold your hand through this thread, but

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We simply don’t have the time.

What you’re experiencing is ableism on a national scale.

Early on, many wrote off the #coronavirus as something “just elderly and disabled (sick) people die from.” People felt they didn’t have to take action because only the most disposable

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