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Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD Profile picture
@Nicole_Lee_Sch
Dec 2 • 5 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
I want everyone supporting assisted dying to read up on "utilitarian ethics." If med professionals deem you to have a "lower quality of life" you will be targeted by the state in public health crises. 1/5
What leads med professionals to believe you have a "lower quality of life"? Being disabled. Being a person of color. Being elderly. Experiencing poverty. Basically holding any marginalized identity whatsoever. 2/5
The abject devaluation and dehumanization that is done to disabled people is rooted in SOCIAL and CULTURAL norms. When you say "I couldnt live like you I'd kill myself" that is an example of devaluing life. 3/5
When you make inane comments along the lines of "COVID cautious prople have no life" THAT is an example of devaluing disabled peoples lives. When you claim death is "kinder" you float the idea that the BEST and most HUMANE option for disabled people is death. Thats eugenics. 4/6
Medicine doesnt exist in a bubble, and medical professionals are not above bias. When you normalize "fuck them, let them die" attitudes, that makes its way back into law, policy, welfare program funding, medical infrastructure, and medical practice. 5/5

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Nov 25
I used to believe in assisted dying, because I thought of it from a wholly selfish standpoint. I had seen loved onces face agony and suffering in death, with far too little medical support. I did not want to go through the same. 1/5
Then I learned that assisted dying wasnt JUST applied to cases like those of my family members. I learned about how unequally the law was applied, and I learned about how vulnerable people were coerced into accepting death before being offered life. 2/5
You can inform yourself by listening to the people who are being targeted by the system. Current laws are hurting people, and if they scale up, they will hurt even more people. This is eugenics in action. 3/5
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Nov 9
It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8
I study the 19th century and the 2020s look a lot like 1820s. Frequent epidemics? Check. Inflation? Check. Xenophobia and deportation schemes? Check. Womens rights losses? Check. Rampant backlash against womens economic freedoms and jobs outside the home? Check. 2/8
Growth of carceral facilities? Check. Legislation to forcibly institutionalize disabled people? Check. Targeted attacks on Indigenous peoples? Check. Extreme religious fervor? Check. Efforts to shape public school curriculum with religious rhetoric? Check. Tariffs? Check. 3/8
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Oct 25
What's so stunning to me is that we have some data about how many people are disabled, permanently out of work, and continuing to struggle with long COVID. And people are still like "its not that many people." 1/9
I wouldnt say 14% of Americans out of work is low:
2/9news-medical.net/news/20240816/…
Especially as many ppl who stayed in the workforce now work reduced hours:
3/9evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/how-much…
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Aug 21
Your reminder that the accommodations process can be harmful to ANYONE! Ive been navigating accommodations in higher ed for years and I have never gotten what I need or heard of someone getting everything they need. 1/10
In order for me to get accomms, I need to 1. Get a dr to fill out paperwork recommending accoms 2. Report all my conditions AND medications to HR 3. Submit to an appt with a university-appointed physician (NOT one of my choosing) 4. Negotiate whatever accoms they offer me 2/10
There are so many ways this can go wrong. First of all, are doctors trained to write accom paperwork? No. Not part of med training curriculum. Do they know what to ask for? Also no. Can you get a long enough appt with them to actually discuss what you need? Also no. 3/10
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Aug 6
The reality for many people is that: if we get COVID, we might die, find our current health conditions exacerbated, or develop new comorbidities that disable us further. 1/4
And maybe for some people who have money this outcome is not the end of the world. But those of us who dont have financial stability? Who cant rely on family? Who need access to private insurance just to get the treatments we currently rely on to survive? 2/4
I practice strict, multilayered COVID protections because I am my only resource. I dont have a partner who can take care of me. I dont have family money to bail me out. I could not afford a caregiver or private nurse. My kin couldnt take extended time off to care for me. 3/4
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Jun 27
If youre presenting at an in person conference, I really need you to show up for disabled people. How? Here are 10 options:
1. Wear a mask during all proceedings - yes even when youre at the podium, 6 ft doesnt matter, air doesnt work like that 1/10
2. If you know you'll be on the ground, did you offer to Zoom people into your panel? Did you tell organizers youd facilitate remote involvement? Did you offer to Zoom in other panelists? 2/10
3. Advocate on organizing committees for remote options. I dont want to volunteer for an organization that is actively harming me. I dont want to build my own access. Build it FOR me. Then I will want to pay dues, volunteer, etc bc I will feel I belong. 3/10
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