Learn Correct Terminology With the Disability Style Guide Jaclyn Youhana Garver 9/25/19, 3:15pm Illustration for article titled Learn Correct Terminology With the Disability Style Guide I have used the term “special needs” freely and often throughout my life. I have a brother with autism, and the phrase is pretty versatile and, I thought, inoffensive. But…
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Uhh—We Don’t Want to Be Sick
National Pain Posted on August 10, 2019 By Liza Zoellick “Patients have figured out that by adopting the sick role and signing up for disability, they can pay their bills and yet in order to validate the sick role status, they have to participate in the healthcare system, which means taking certain types of pills.”…
Trump WH Seeks To Monitor The Disabled To Ensure They Aren’t “Too” Happy
https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/trump-wh-seeks-to-monitor-the-disabled-to-ensure-they-aren-t-too-happy-1GE1YTfza0KHKw1oGIOrYA/ A new policy proposal by the Trump administration calls for the surveillance of disabled people’s social media profiles to determine the necessity of their disability benefits. The proposal, which reportedly aims to cut down on the number of fraudulent disability claims would, monitor the profiles of disabled people and flag content that shows them…
Disability Etiquette – Treat Everyone Equal
Hello, I am disabled with a low back injury and chronic back pain (23 years). I also care for my mom part time who deals with minor strokes (7 years), cardiac, and balance issues (5 years), with my wife, Trish, we care for her brother who lives with us and with epilepsy (51 years). In that…
Monday’s Lunch Hour Chat from Caregiving.com
COMING SOON TO A CHAT ROOM NEAR YOU!! Join us on your lunch hour or for just a few minutes. Take us with you on your walk, shopping, just about anywhere, but please don’t text and drive. See others chatting about the same issues you may have and see how they fixed it or are working on…
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