Thread by @JolyonMaugham

📣Good morning! It's Disabled People Against Cuts @Dis_PPL_Protest taking over Jo's account.

We are group of disabled people and allies.

We welcome all to join us fighting for justice and human rights for all disabled people. Here's a bit more about us:
dpac.uk.net/join-dpac/

We are UK based but know disabled people in other countries suffer from austerity and a lack of fundamental rights.

Disabled people must not be the scapegoats for the mistakes of governments.

We will not tolerate a further erosion of our living conditions or our human rights, nor will we sit quietly while they try to take our rights away. #RightsNotCharity @Dis_PPL_Protest

Disabled People Against Cuts was formed by a group of disabled people after the 3rd October 2010 mass protests against cuts in Birmingham, England.

The 3rd October saw the first mass protest against the austerity cuts and their impact on disabled people.

Our group is for everyone who believes disabled people should have full human rights and equality. It is for everyone that refuses to accept that any country can destroy the lives of people just because they are or become disabled or have chronic health issues. @Dis_PPL_Protest

It is for everyone against government measures which target the poor while leaving the wealthy unscathed. It is for everyone who refuses to stay silent about the injustices delivered on ordinary people and their lives. @Dis_PPL_Protest dpac.uk.net/join-dpac/

The austerity measures however need to be seen in a wider historical context. Disabled people are an easy target because society has accepted the view that often disabled people are unable to fully participate within society due solely to our impairments. @Dis_PPL_Protest

This view, supported through negative and pejorative stereotyping, distorts who we are and the causes of the disabling barriers we face. Inappropriate and misleading labels such as “the disabled” or “vulnerable adults or children” reinforce prejudices and discrimination.

Disabled people are not “the disabled” - we are a diverse group of people with a variety of impairments who continue to face unequal and differential treatment resulting from systems, structures and cultures which fail to take disabled people into account.
dpac.uk.net/2016/09/a-guid…

In the next thread @Dis_PPL_Protest will be sharing the terrible impact of Covid on disabled people. Thanks for listening and sharing.