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Mental illnesses and chronic illnesses are disabilities. You don& #39;t have to call yourself disabled if it doesn& #39;t feel right to you but we have shared community, shared history, shared injustice & a shared fight.
The demarcations around gatekeeping disability are largely bc of capitalism, welfare cuts & crap we& #39;ve internalised abt disability as worst case scenario. Disability isn& #39;t just about suffering or physical abnormality.
We all navigate a world not built for us. Sometimes that& #39;s stairs and sometimes it& #39;s overpriced therapy, inaccessible healthcare, lack of support in education and work, stigma, criminalisation, institutionalisation, violence.
In the 19th c lunatic asylums had 4 main categories of pathology: mania, melancholia, dementia, & congenital idiocy.
There was no distinction between mental illness, intellectual disability, TBI/ABI, neurological disability etc. The distinction was curable/incurable.
There was no distinction between mental illness, intellectual disability, TBI/ABI, neurological disability etc. The distinction was curable/incurable.
The lie of devolution is that shutting down the asylums transferred their populations to prisons.
That& #39;s not quite true. But it& #39;s true that disabled people (esp First Nations & racialised disabled people) are over-incarcerated & disproportionately targeted by cop violence.
That& #39;s not quite true. But it& #39;s true that disabled people (esp First Nations & racialised disabled people) are over-incarcerated & disproportionately targeted by cop violence.
"As many as 95 per cent of First Nations people who appear in court charged with a criminal offence have an intellectual disability, cognitive impairment or a mental illness." https://www.youngwitness.com.au/story/7067076/concern-over-disability-prison-statistics/">https://www.youngwitness.com.au/story/706...
You can be denied permanent residency in Aus if you& #39;re disabled/considered a burden on the healthcare system.
Migration discrimination doesn& #39;t make distinctions between physical/intellectual/sensory disability & mental illness.
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/mig/disability/chapter3">https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamen...
Migration discrimination doesn& #39;t make distinctions between physical/intellectual/sensory disability & mental illness.
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Completed_Inquiries/mig/disability/chapter3">https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamen...
