“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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“Disability” is an umbrella term which encompasses physical disabilities, emotional/psychiatric disabilities, neurodivergence, intellectual/developmental disabilities, sensory disabilities, invisible disabilities, and more. You do not have to have an official diagnosis to consider yourself disabled.
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I’m getting tired of dealing with dignitas. They’re so disorganised and take ages to reply. I became a member a while ago and have been emailing them about things since, like discounts. Last week they finally responded with an official letter, asking for proof of capital/income to determine any possible discount. I’ve just been waiting for my next bank statement to come through, proving I have no money, to send them. But then today I got an email from them saying they can’t find my membership declaration and asking me to rejoin. How disorganised and unprofessional is this? I just don’t know if I can keep dealing with them. They take weeks to respond, require an insane amount of identification and verification of everything that would be very expensive to get hold of and now they’ve lost my membership and want me to go through the joining process again. I don’t know how anyone has ever had a successful su1c1d£ with them.
And I’m having trouble getting anywhere near enough donations for the course of shockwave treatment recommended by the physiotherapist. If i could walk around outside again as much as I need to, I wouldn’t feel so su1c1d@l in the first place. The fact that treatment exists that could help me so much, but is so hard to obtain, is heartbreaking and so frustrating.
On the plus side I received a letter of support from the neurologist today, confirming my neurological issues. I can use it for my benefit appeal and dignitas.