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It is a fact that the left does not care about inclusivity the way it claims to. The moment a disabled person brings up a valid concern, it is pushed down and degraded by the people who should be helping to uplift it. This is what has happened to myself and many others in groups such as Democratic Socialists of America, Secular Student Alliance, local Democratic/Socialist groups, and so many other leftist organizations. 

When it comes down to it, at the end of the day: the disabled are disposable.  We need to come up with a way to protect ourselves. To organize into a group of our own to ensure that our needs and rights are taken care of, just like those of the abled. Medicare for all is a great idea. But it will not solve every issue that we have about accessibility, health, etc. Working towards the rights of the working class is great. But it won’t solve every issue either. I have been put down in group after group, I have been told that MY LIFE is not a priority for them. That there is no spoons to cover another area of concern. Spoons. An appropriation of our very own terminology used against us. 

But the word might didn’t quite cover it. In reality, she had been arrested an extraordinary number of times and was jailed on almost every occasion. She’d been in jail thirty times, if not more. She’d been jailed more times than Al Capone, and exponentially more than any other Harvard graduate. She’d been shoved into inaccessible police vans without ramps or lifts and bundled off to inaccessible jails reached only by flights of stairs. She was a connoisseur of jails across the country. She could teach you how to act while being arrested, what to expect if you went to jail, and how to handle yourself while you were there.

The reporter looked at me with pity. “You have my sympathy,” he said.

“No need,” I told him.

Me:

An Abled™: .........yoga?

Me:

Me: Hey can I have some accommodations for my exams? Because of my brain damage, it’s hard for me to study and I need extra support. Even just giving me a website to use to study on is great.

Teachers: Hmm,, idk dude it’s just,,, really inconvenient for us,, like, can’t you just stop having it and be normal,?

Now, because of the coronavirus pandemic:

Teachers: YOU get extra study support! YOU get extra study support! Everyone gets extra study support!