Experimenting withย a short #AutisticRave format. Let me know if you'd like to see these in the mix for #AutisticAF Out Loud Podcast.
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Know what I don't see on #DisabilityTikTokโฆ #DisabilityTwitter?
Talk about how the economy is killing disabled folk.
Seeโฆ Inflation isn't inconvenient for the poor & disabled.
It's lost wages. We can't afford gas, childcareโฆ even over-the-counter medicines. And Covid is killing our hours at work.
It's hunger. Food is our largest expense after rent. General inflation isย around 10%. But our groceries? Up 40%.
It's illness. Covid? Monkeypox? We can't call in sick. We can't afford it.ย And we can't abandon our kids when they're sick.
It's homelessness. There's nothing we can afford to rent. Corporations buy up low-cost homes on speculationโฆ creating a housing crisis.
And don't get me started on the medical crisis. Lots of places, doctors simply don't accept Medicaid.ย
Taxpayers pay for our care. Caregivers don't care.
Poor? Disabled? Most autistics are both. AND our invisible disability makes it even harder to get help.
I'm autistic. And I'm fighting to keep my Foodstampsโฆ in the libertarian wilderness we like to call Indiana.
Yay #Hoosiers.
A side noteโฆ
I've been homeless three times in my 70-year life. Manhattan once. Bloomington, Indiana twice.
I have some idea just how bad this can get. 61 million disabled adults in America.
It can get bad. Real bad.
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#AutisticRave: #DisabilityTikTok, #DisabilityTwitter, and the Economy -s2e10