“All bodies are unique and essential. All bodies have strengths and needs that must be met. We are powerful, not despite the complexities of our bodies, but because of them. All bodies are confined by ability, race, gender, sexuality, class, nation state, religion, and more, and we cannot separate them.”

From “What is Disability Justice” (Adapted from Patty Berne’s “Disability Justice – A Working Draft”, Published in Skin, Tooth, and Bone: The Basis of Movement is Our People, A Disability Justice Primer, Second Edition.

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  • gingerbrat [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    7·
    20 days ago

    An absolutely terrible person on all fronts, I’m amazed these people actually exist. Sorry you had to deal with her again cuddle

    I hope dignitas don’t take too long to reply when you send them the next bank statement.

    • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      20 days ago

      Thanks. It’s really my landlady’s fault for making her such a selfish, spoilt brat. I guess when someone’s life is too easy and everything is handed to them on a plate, they never develop any empathy for others. meow-hug

      I’m kind of resigned to the fact that dignitas is going to take a long time for everything, and maybe be unsuccessful though. Right now it’s just like something to hope for, for the future. Depending on how bad I’m feeling, how much pain I’m in, sometimes I do feel desperate about accessing it soon but other times I feel I can wait for however long it takes. I have about three weeks till my next bank statement, so I can prove lack of income and capital, then if I send that off and they get it a week later, then I might hear from them a couple of weeks after that if I’m lucky (but it might take longer if they have to spend time making a decision on my finances.) If, after all that, they are willing to do it free, then I have to gather medical evidence, and go through the process of getting accepted for the actual death on medical grounds, which they say usually takes up to 4 months. Then after that raise money to pay for all the necessary ID documents, send off for them and wait. Then the whole fiasco of having no relatives to accompany me and will they not go through with it because of that? Then raising money to travel. The whole thing is kind of overwhelming when i think about it like that, and the lack of relatives seems like it will be a huge stumbling block. So I will just keep on doing whatever i can towards it whenever i can.