A "sudden increase in expenses when you are living well below the poverty line creates an urgent crisis. And yet it would seem no one has responded as if disabled people are even part of this public health crisis, let alone uniquely at risk from it."
https://twitter.com/mssinenomine/status/1327011843550822400
"Some have characterized the current situation as disabled people having been forgotten in the response to COVID. I disagree. Disabled people have been excluded, not forgotten."
"The highest numbers of deaths have occurred among residents of long-term care and other congregate care facilities. Who lives in these facilities if not disabled people? Why then was the 'D' word never used?"
"Instead, early on in the pandemic, the county was reassured, 'but only people with pre-existing conditions' need worry about COVID. I am a 'but only,' and those words sting. For the most part, 'pre-existing conditions' mean disabilities. But still no mention of the 'D' word."
"When stores offered special opening hours & delivery slots, they listed them as 'for seniors.' I had a days-long argument with whoever manages the Save-On-Foods Twitter account about their preferential booking slots including front-line workers & seniors—but again no 'D' word."
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