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to you who are bedridden or bedridden/housebound due to severe illness and disability: if you are not the activist you used to be, or the activist you would be if you were less sick/disabled. i see you. i am you.
to be clear: plenty fucktons of activism have been done by extremely disabled and ill people, sometimes even bedridden people. @jenbrea made a film that inspired a MOVEMENT while basically bedridden.
however, many of us who are bedridden are bedridden and too sick to do almost anything. some people are in a dark room, just breathing, for decades. some of us manage -- just barely -- to eat or brush teeth on many days.
for many of you reading, this is sicker than you& #39;ve ever imagined or seen. you just need to believe us.
(actually, you can watch @unrestfilm, that would help.)
(actually, you can watch @unrestfilm, that would help.)
but this thread is for us, for people bedridden and bedridden/homebound due to illness and disability and NOT the kind of illness/disability where yeah you& #39;re at home but you can do activism and work as long as it& #39;s accessible.
accessibility (of all kinds) is a phenomenal, absolutely essential thing.
and some of us are just too sick/disabled anyway, and all we can really do is try to live lives of being alive.
and some of us are just too sick/disabled anyway, and all we can really do is try to live lives of being alive.
