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Speaking as one of the 'vulnerable' caring for two other vulnerable people with disabilities, this escalating lockdown situation is not on us.
We've sacrificed normality and every small comfort to avoid getting the virus and to facilitate everyone else's 'normality'.
We've sacrificed normality and every small comfort to avoid getting the virus and to facilitate everyone else's 'normality'.
I have been into a supermarket once and had a 20 minute 4m distanced doorstep conversation with a friend on my 30th birthday.
I also accompanied my sister when she was hospitalised.
That's it. That's everywhere I've been since March.
I also accompanied my sister when she was hospitalised.
That's it. That's everywhere I've been since March.
My sister is 24, has DS and a rare blood disorder. She hasn't seen friends or been anywhere except being hospitalised due to a low platelet count.
In the summer I couldn't even take her out for a walk -- our area was dense with foreign and Irish tourists, many without masks.
In the summer I couldn't even take her out for a walk -- our area was dense with foreign and Irish tourists, many without masks.
She's become withdrawn and I'm doing everything I can to fight regression but her behaviour and communication skills are beginning to slide, and her mental health has worsened.
Likewise, my mother has never been so isolated or lonely.
Likewise, my mother has never been so isolated or lonely.
We have existed in a mental bunker and a physical prison for 7 months, what else can we do for you?
We're okay with remaining this way -- we'll manage. Keeping ourselves and others safe and lessening the burden on our health system is important to us.
We're okay with remaining this way -- we'll manage. Keeping ourselves and others safe and lessening the burden on our health system is important to us.
But I want to be clear -- We're doing this to stop the spread of the virus --
to keep ourselves and others safe.
We aren't a casual human sacrifice eager to pay for your normality with our lives.
to keep ourselves and others safe.
We aren't a casual human sacrifice eager to pay for your normality with our lives.
