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Disabled ppl are getting letters from their GPs asking them to sign DNRs so health services can be saved for the “young & fit who have a greater chance” with #COVID19.
This is why we call out shitty narratives & comms that exclude us bc this is where they land.
#DeadlyAbleism
This is why we call out shitty narratives & comms that exclude us bc this is where they land.
#DeadlyAbleism
Kia ora koutou- posted this before bed and definitely wasn’t expecting this sort of response.
Firstly, no, I was not the recipient of one of these letters, I was commenting on something that happened in the UK, which I saw over Facebook.
Secondly, apologies for lack of CW.
Firstly, no, I was not the recipient of one of these letters, I was commenting on something that happened in the UK, which I saw over Facebook.
Secondly, apologies for lack of CW.
This was intended to be a commentary on why I am so damn angry with a lot of communications happening here in NZ & around the world which emphasise “for most people this is fine” sort of narrative, & for ppl who should know better excluding disabled narrative experts on this.
This is *not* a space to discuss whether or not disabled people in your life would want a DNR or not. That’s triggering AF and people don’t need to see that talk when this issue highlights the end point of systemic ableism which consistently devalues our lives.
This is also not the place to justify ableist “triage”.
Triage in general has a massive ethical component & is not as simple as people are making it out to be, and nor does that decision making occur in a magical vacuum that is not informed by ableism.
Triage in general has a massive ethical component & is not as simple as people are making it out to be, and nor does that decision making occur in a magical vacuum that is not informed by ableism.
Medicine and the healthcare system is ableist as hell.
Source: Me, a disabled (ex?)medical student, and thousands of other disabled people on here which you can find on a lot of hashtags including the one about Doctors & assholes.
Please listen when we say these things.
Source: Me, a disabled (ex?)medical student, and thousands of other disabled people on here which you can find on a lot of hashtags including the one about Doctors & assholes.
Please listen when we say these things.
So I don’t have a SoundCloud or whatever, but here’s a really important reading list on #COVID19 and #DisabilityRights, compiled by my incredible partner & fellow disability rights activist @jgboberg 
Please read, RT, and amplify disabled voices. https://twitter.com/jgboberg/status/1245873254016811008?s=21
Please read, RT, and amplify disabled voices. https://twitter.com/jgboberg/status/1245873254016811008?s=21
