as small as a world and as large as alone

4:54pm September 17, 2014

fullyarticulatedgoldskeleton:

Why do people think the government is fair?

Not all laws that exist are actually applied. :/ 

People who do disability evaluations are actually trained to find reasons to say ‘no.’ Like based on how the applicant looks, for instance, or what they’re wearing, regardless of their actual medical history and how they test in the evaluation.

Organizations and programs that work with disabled and poor people are usually really ableist and classist. Getting real help is HARD.

I don’t understand it either.

I mean the assumption of fairness.

The assumption that they aren’t actively trying to turn us down.

Like I say this to people all the time:  "The job of the Regional Centers is to turn people down for developmental disability services to save the state money.“

And people think I’m being cynical.  But no.  That’s actually their job.  Or one of their jobs.  And the job of the SSA is similar.

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