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“Little regard is being paid to whether it is possible or beneficial for disabled people to get ‘back into work’, furthering the rhetoric that people are not valuable beyond their contributions to the (www.disabilitynewsservice.com)

submitted 1 week ago by DisabledAceSocialist@lemmygrad.ml to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I feel like to focus should be to incorporate people with a disability into society as much as possible while listening to their needs and wants. It is no use to focus solely on how much money they generate with 'work'. And sadly very little government programs seem to do just that.

[–] DisabledAceSocialist@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 6 days ago

The trouble is, this then turns into pushing and starving people back to work even when they are saying they can't cope with it.