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On June 11th, Michael Hickson, a quadriplegic black man with COVID-19 was killed by a hospital in Austin Texas.

Doctors decided he had "no quality of life" an was not worth spending the resources to save.

The conversation between his doctor and his wife was caught on audio 1/?

[description of image: a photo of Hickson, lying in a hospital bed and smiling for the camera /description]

Doctor: So as of right now, his quality of life -- he doesn't have much of one.

Melissa: What do you mean? Because he's paralyzed with a brain injury he doesn’t have quality of life?

Doctor: Correct.

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Hickson was refused food or treatment for 6 days

In the YouTube video, the doctor can be heard saying "he will have lines and tubes coming out of his body... That's not quality-of-life"

I have tubes coming out of my body. I happen to like my life. Without those tubes I'd be dead

Our definition of quality is vastly different

So, when you see me repeatedly yelling about masks, paying attention to disabled people, and you don't understand why I tweet with passion, remember this.

I'm fighting to change culture that doesn't see disabled life as quality. many of us are afraid and rightly so.

LaBlaq @LoveAndShalom

Please, please, please don't sweep this under the rug. Your disabled friends are in danger.

i know lots of other disabled ppl of color who know how unsafe and abusive the medical field is, we are given subpar care that could and has killed countless disabled black and brown folks, we are put on DNR’s (do not revive) against our wishes, we are told were liars and faking, we cant treat our disorders like adhd and chronic pain without medical staff think we are drug seeking

Mr. Hickson is a drop in the bucket of the systematic medical racism and ableism that kills us. now more than ever i need yall to be advocates for your disabled members of your community, Mrs. Hickson was her husbands voice in the hospital, and they took that away, covid cant be an excuse to rip disabled ppls advocates away 

Arizona is coming our with score cards to triage covid patients to decide who really should get medical treatment, older folks and ppl with pre existing conditions immediately placed into a lower rank of priority due to how long we may life after coronavirus. In the Uk and probably here too drs and nurses are ASSUMING disabled ppl automatically want DNR’s which is mad illegal. Wait times for treatment for poc and disabled ppl are longer than white and able folks, nurses have exposed that people of color are dying, disabled ppl are dying not just from covid but medical racist/ableist neglect from staff

Racism and ableism play a mixed up dance that kills us, via cops &or medical staff the same forces that killed Mr. Hickson is the same that killed Kayla Moore, a black disabled trans woman who died in police custody 

Charleena Lyles, a black mentally ill mother who was killed by police

Regis Korchinski-Paquet, black indigenous and mentally ill person who died durring a “wellness check”

Elija McClain, a black anemic person, who died bc of the cops and emts

please reblog this post, especially if you live outside of the philippines. please help us.

i didn't make the carrd, but it's one of the most useful links right now. #JunkTerrorBillNow needs the most urgency, but there are other issues present too.

the avengers as hogwarts houses

since last june, HK protestors have been fighting for their freedom and human rights against their government. many of them, especially young women, have been arrested illegally, abused, sexually assualted, kidnapped, or even killed. but Liu still chose to stand with the police instead of the people.

i was really excited about this movie at first. Mulan is a classical heroine in chinese culture and i couldn’t wait to see her on the big screen. yet disney chose to hire bunches of white people who only did like a 3-week studies in china to produce this movie, and hire a chinese actress who supports police brurality.

if you still want to watch this movie, it’s totally your choice. but i just feel like many people don’t really get what #boycottmulan is about, and it’s also very frustrating to see a lot of actors praising it and asking people to go watch it.

She said something else too about how reverse racism was real. If I understand correctly this was all while living under his roof. When she got out, she became educated and changed/apologized.

It’s when you grow up and learn how bad that is that your cessation or continuance really says things about you.

The scene where Matilda was dancing around her living room making things fly around to the song “Little Bitty Pretty One” was very nerve-wracking for Mara. She told Danny that she was anxious to do the scene, and he said, “You know why? Because you’re the only one dancing! We just have to have everyone else dance too! Then it won’t be scary!” 

So everyone–the crew, the rest of the cast, the people at the craft services table, everyone–danced along with the song, at Danny’s insistence. Apparently the only one who wasn’t doing the full on dance was the camera man, who just did a foot shuffle so the camera wouldn’t jiggle. 

Like, if you can't tear yourself away from a video game, even to make it to an important event on time? Addictive tendencies.

If you keep spending your allowance money on those funny collectibles or new shoes even when you promise yourself you're going to save it? Addictive tendencies.

If you find yourself unable to resist and manage food cravings, or frequently overeating even when it makes you feel bad? Addictive tendencies.