☁️ 50+ ways to show up for people with Long Covid & ME/CFS ☁️
Over 400 million people around the world have Long Covid, and millions more have ME/CFS. Here are concrete ways you can show up for them so that nobody gets left behind! 🧵
Over 400 million people around the world have Long Covid, and millions more have ME/CFS. Here are concrete ways you can show up for them so that nobody gets left behind! 🧵
Before you offer help, consider these four points:
1. Drop off groceries
2. Send a meal delivery gift card
3. Bring home-cooked meals
4. Chop ingredients for the week
5. Take their kids out
6. Do an at-home activity with their kids
7. Pick their kids up from school
8. Do their dishes
9. Do their laundry
10. Clean their house
2. Send a meal delivery gift card
3. Bring home-cooked meals
4. Chop ingredients for the week
5. Take their kids out
6. Do an at-home activity with their kids
7. Pick their kids up from school
8. Do their dishes
9. Do their laundry
10. Clean their house
11. Walk their dog
12. Clean their cat's litter
13. Offer them a safe place to stay
14. Help sort through mail and email
15. Help with landlord communication
16. Arrange for necessary home repair
17. Purchase needed home supplies
18. Send them money
19. Adopt one of their bills
12. Clean their cat's litter
13. Offer them a safe place to stay
14. Help sort through mail and email
15. Help with landlord communication
16. Arrange for necessary home repair
17. Purchase needed home supplies
18. Send them money
19. Adopt one of their bills
20. Commit 1% of your paycheck to them
21. Organize a gofundme
22. Drive them to medical appointments
23. Pick up prescriptions
24. Wear a mask
25. Take notes for them at a medical appointment
26. Buy an accessibility aid that will make their life easier
21. Organize a gofundme
22. Drive them to medical appointments
23. Pick up prescriptions
24. Wear a mask
25. Take notes for them at a medical appointment
26. Buy an accessibility aid that will make their life easier
27. Do health insurance admin
28. Schedule doctor’s appts.
29. Lobby for LC legislation
30. Ask local events to require masks
31. Resist LC denial
32. Protest against mask bans
33. Advocate for them at an appt.
34. Wear a mask
35. Share stories of people with LC
28. Schedule doctor’s appts.
29. Lobby for LC legislation
30. Ask local events to require masks
31. Resist LC denial
32. Protest against mask bans
33. Advocate for them at an appt.
34. Wear a mask
35. Share stories of people with LC
36. Spend quality time together
37. Sit with them in silence
38. Weekly facetime
39. Provide a space for them to vent, grieve, and be validated
40. Create fun together
41. Invite them to fun things
42. Send a cute postcard
43. Text them pics of nice things
44. Mail a care package
37. Sit with them in silence
38. Weekly facetime
39. Provide a space for them to vent, grieve, and be validated
40. Create fun together
41. Invite them to fun things
42. Send a cute postcard
43. Text them pics of nice things
44. Mail a care package
45. Learn about their disabilities on your own
46. Include them in accessible holiday celebrations
47. Send them a voice memo
48. Build access into your events
49. Wear a mask, even when you’re not around them
50. Offer flexibility in your hangouts
46. Include them in accessible holiday celebrations
47. Send them a voice memo
48. Build access into your events
49. Wear a mask, even when you’re not around them
50. Offer flexibility in your hangouts
51. Learn about crip time
52. Offer virtual connection
53. Require masks and air purification in spaces you have control over
☁️ What did we miss? Please feel free to add to this list in the replies. It takes a village 💙
52. Offer virtual connection
53. Require masks and air purification in spaces you have control over
☁️ What did we miss? Please feel free to add to this list in the replies. It takes a village 💙
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