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3. agree
Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:45 AM
Feb 2013

Disabled people are suffer from more discrimination than any other group out there. What services are available to help us? Answer: FEW if any.

Many tell me to call the MS Society and oh what a fat fucking joke that place is. Sure, you might get a chance to speak to one of their "learned experts" that knows nothing in reality. If they have or had someone there that did know something or suffers from the condition, well they seem to rather quickly become a relic of the past.

I've tried many times to find help and have yet to find any.

There used to be DREDF in Berkeley, Ca. What happened with this place? No more call backs from an attorney, this much I know.

There is a Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support group here that offers some advice but is not frequented on any level by any legal folk or activists out there that might be of help for some of us. As for "us", most people in this category are too sick to be out marching around or distributing flyers, attending meetings, etc. People don't seem to get this aspect of being a disabled person -- that you are indeed SICK.

Maybe they should have a robo call answer the phone at the MS Society. That might be more effective that the learned idiot that gets a paycheck for doing nothing but telling YOU to call your doctor or better yet, suicide prevention. Gawd.



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I'd try this in Meta, maybe? Recursion Dec 2012 #1
You're probably right. thucythucy Dec 2012 #2
agree CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #3
Disabled and do not care pissedoffliblgimp Feb 2013 #4
Annd pissedoffliblgimp Feb 2013 #5
dis-abled from my prospective Buffalo Bull Mar 2013 #6
Disability as community Fairgo Mar 2014 #7
Great post and analysis. thucythucy Mar 2014 #8
Critical mass plus one Fairgo Mar 2014 #9
Even progressives often fall into the medical model trap KamaAina Sep 2014 #10
Couldn't agree more. Am surprised WheelWalker Sep 2016 #11
I don't think you're missing it-- thucythucy Sep 2016 #12
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