the cosmolinguist ([personal profile] cosmolinguist) wrote2021-05-17 09:15 pm
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[137/365] what the post-pandemic world feels like for disabled/chronically ill people

"It was difficult to watch able-bodied people experience a small taste of what a chronically ill life is like and judge it as pointless, boring, and not worth living. Life never goes ‘back to normal’ for us and while I don’t expect able-bodied people to always understand that, some level of compassion and sympathy would be nice."

(I don't like it when all I've got is links for too long. I'm doing okay but don't have much to talk about; I'm ridiculously tired.)
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[personal profile] barakta 2021-05-17 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Your link has got some garbage on the end, probably the ' characters.

Correct linky is https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/chronically-ill-people-post-pandemic-world-fear

*now goes to read the link*

[personal profile] cosmolinguist 2021-05-17 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, argh I'm sorry the link didn't work again. I've had trouble lately with DW adding garbage HTML to the end of my links, but it doesn't show up in the edit-post page so I can't do anything about it! So weird and frustrating.
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[personal profile] barakta 2021-05-17 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I have definitely seen people saying similar stuff to Fortesa, although I've also seen people like me for whom online/remote stuff has been a huge challenge.

I hope we can fight to keep flexibility for a bit of both then things ease off. Not that I'm planning any ease off any time soon.

[personal profile] cosmolinguist 2021-05-17 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, honestly I've just interviewed for a job that if I get it would be all remote (but hey, pre-pandemic they probably wouldn't have considered anyone outside of London so I couldn't have gone for it at all!) and that isn't ideal for me either but other things that aren't work-related have been much more accessible for me. For a silly example, I love virtual club nights and gigs where you just put them on your TV but you don't have to queue for drinks or loos, you can hear each other talk, and you can go to bed without even having to stagger home in a taxi. ;) Not everyone's cup of tea I know but it's made something I've never really enjoyed into a lot of fun for me.
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[personal profile] rmc28 2021-05-18 10:15 am (UTC)(link)

Virtual club night sounds amazing, if you have time to share some recs I would love to know.

[personal profile] cosmolinguist 2021-05-18 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
Here's the one we regularly tune in to. :) http://doof.org.uk/
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[personal profile] silveradept 2021-05-26 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't grudge any disabled person being extremely aggravated that the abled world just proved they can provide necessary accommodations and find ways of making work function on a global scale and then made a deliberate choice and decision to dismantle all of that.
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