Abled Person: Hey man, can you hold this wad of $2,000 and this one penny for me while I open my wallet?
Disabled Person: YOU COMPLETE AND UTTER FOOL!
The United States Government:
(Watch how many people don’t get this.)
In order for disabled people to receive any sort of financial assistant for their housing, food, bills, medical supplies, etc., they cannot ever have more than $2,000 of resources to their name. Ever.
It doesn’t matter what it’s for.
You’re saving up for a new wheelchair?
For college?
To put a downpayment on a house?
Hell man, you just happen to budget for once in your life so that you can have some extra money in case something bad happens?
Your benefits immediately get cut off if you’re a cent over $2,000.
And, even worse, you usually end up having to pay back every dollar the government gave you that month.
So say you get $400. If they find out you’re twenty dollars over the resource limit, you have to give them all $400 back and you undergo an investigation of your funds to see if you will continue getting money.
“What if I spend the money that day?”
Doesn’t matter. In fact, from what I can tell, people who do this are actually put under investigation for fraud.
And yes, this system literally kills people.
Remember when “Guardians of the Galaxy” came out? one of Rocket Racoon’s creators, Bill Mantlo, suffered an accident in 1992 and has irreparable brain damage.
before the movie came out, Marvel gave him an exclusive preview screening. SOme people were upset because they felt if Marvel was really wanted to thank mantlo, they should have donated money to Mantlo’s family.
Bill Mantlo’s brother had to come out and explain: If Marvel gave them monetary aid, Bill Mantlo would lose his financial assistance.
That’s so utterly depressing.
disgusting
I have friends on welfare who won’t pick up a penny in the street because they’d risk the welfare they struggled to get for 10 years.
oh look another fucked up thing in this world. let’s just add it to the list. number 63858b
My brother has been on California State SSI for autism for the last 10 years, and he absolutely has to (no joke, HAS TO) spend all 720 bucks of his SSI every month, because if he puts it in the bank he risks losing his SSI altogether.
Sometimes, at the end of the month, he has no idea what to do with his money because the whole month went by and he still has 400-ish bucks in his account, and he fucking panics because he doesn’t want to get anywhere near 2,000.
And here’s the funnest part of the story!
One day he did a huge commission on Second Life and wound up earning 1500 bucks off of it, and he told the guy to donate it 500 bucks at a time over 3 months. The guy didn’t want to, and just donated all 1500, which put my brother at 2,036 bucks.
The state IMMEDIATELY (I’m talking less than an hour) called him up to tell him over the phone that they were canceling his SSI, because they noticed he had gone over the 2,000 buck threshold. He had to tell them that someone had made a charitable donation to him and that this was not a common occurrence in any way shape or form, and upon not believing him, my mother had to call to talk to them as his legal caretaker and say basically the same thing until they called off the cancellation of his SSI money.
He also had to cancel his renter’s assistance because it put him to 1,062 a month, so if he went 30 days without spending any money they’d cancel his SSI altogether. Like, none of us in the family have any fucking clue why that regulation is in place and it’s the stupidest shit in human history.
Please, legal side of Tumblr, tell me what positive reasoning this law has?
Happy 4th of July everyone! This is what the “nation of opportunity” looks like.
There’s something called an ABLE account that can help. If you are on SSI and were diagnosed as disabled before the age of 26 you can apply for an ABLE account that will allow you to save up to $99,000. More people need to know about this!
transyasha
thank you so much for this information. i’m applying for an abled account right now
THERES A WHAT
OH GOD BLESS THE SHIT OUTTA YOU YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FREAKED OUT OVER THIS I WAS
I’ve been looking into SSI; I had no idea about this!
perksofbeingdisabled
Read till the end for the important info
Reblog to literally save a disabled person’s life
Please read the whole thread
genuinely obsessed with the grimace milkshake meme I hope it's got the McDonald's marketing team locked in a board room biting their nails desperately trying to figure out if this is positive press or not
how could they possibly have predicted this
I literally can't stop watching these
I came across this article in the wall street journal and thought it might be helpful for some of my fellow spoonies
This post really hits home for me just how many of the things old people do is just disability accommodation
dont get me wrong this is #mood but just try eating a piece of bread with salt. please, seriously. ok? at least a tiny bit. salt helps with nausea, bread calms the stomach acid. if you really can’t face eating anything, just lick some salt like a damn elk, then wait and see if you can manage the bread. make some broth if you’re into that kind of thing. no spices, yes salt. if you’re feeling too weak and shaky to do much, just have a cup of tea with sugar (energy) and lemon (again, good against nausea). nibble on the lemon first, it will feel good, but don’t overdo - citric acid on an empty stomach is a majorly bad idea. take care of yourself, you’re the only you we’ve got
“You’re the only you we’ve got”
“just lick some salt like a damn elk” is the new “touch grass”
(Technically, this isn’t about saving your hands… but if you draw, you’re probably doing a lot of sitting, so…)
death—420
screechyboi
This has such extreme shitpost energies but it’s 100% serious
Looks pretty useful for everyone endlessly working at home at their dining room table.
As a movement professional who helps get people out of pain. This is a fully pretty great and relevant for a lot of people.
this sucks ass but what’s neat is the event is free to register for and will be capped at 300 in person registrations. pitch in and register with your favorite fake name and hopefully this idiot will walk in to a room of empty chairs. takes like 10 seconds. el oh el
edit: to be more clear, sign up with a name and email that is at least semi convincing.. they’re probably not gonna think Hugh Jass and Trans Rights are real humans who are going to show up
“So if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in 5th grade or 4th grade, will that prohibit conversations from them since they are in the grade lower than sixth grade?” asked state Rep. Ashley Gantt, a Democrat who taught in public schools and noted that girls as young as 10 can begin having periods.
“It would,” McClain responded.
Unbelievable. Link to article.
Alright so we still got 3 weeks before they are taking cookie orders on March 1st. Don't forget to sign up via email so you can get a reminder. 😁🍪
Today is March 1st. You can order now.
2023
This man took so much longer to crack than I would have what a PROFESSIONAL
Plotting, scheming, etc.
THANK YOU FOR THIS IMPORTANT ADDITION.
I have enjoyed this video so much and am very happy to share ways to help the babies!!
That elephant child in the back knows that someone who is not them is receiving Attention and is determined to Do Something About It
The Jackson citizens are already very angry. Maybe they will burn the whole MF to the ground!! The Governor would shit himself.
I am literally begging people who focus only on the death rates to think about disabled people for like, ONE SECOND
The good news: It's not likely to pass, and if it does, it's not likely to stand - it's unconstitutional to set up discrimination like this, even if they can argue that discrimination isn't the intent of the bill.
The bad news: this is the kind of "weather balloon" legislation that Republicans float to see how much support they have for their racist policies, which they then weave into other legislation.
"Prevent non-citizens from owning land" won't work, but "require legal ID to rent" might be allowed. And they'll be looking for more ways to discriminate based on citizenship status... while they attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship.
Learning isn’t always comfortable. Comfort shouldn’t even be a factor. Learning about history should routinely cause discomfort. Humans have done a lot of shitty, shitty things to each other. If we don’t learn about those things we can’t take steps to prevent the shitty things from happening again.
Considering all the heinous things that have happened to black people in the US (and the many that still occur) we should all feel uncomfortable during Black History Month. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be learning this history.
Honestly the “gen z sucks” crowd can suck a big one cause if you ask me the kids are alright.
This would help a lot of people, and it's one of the reasons it's so important to push back against the "but the parties are equally bad, so you shouldn't bother voting" type rhetoric.
jesus christ this would be huge.
hi! if you see this and think it's a good idea: PLEASE leave a comment. it's super easy & you can do this in <5 minutes:
When a government agency proposes a rule change like this, they legally must have a public comment period before finalizing it. AND they have to read and respond to those comments in the final draft of the regulation. Not enough people are aware of this , but it can really have an impact!!
This link will take you to the Federal Register page for the proposed rule, where you click the big green button to Submit a Formal Comment
Your comment can be as long or short as you'd like- it can just be one sentence! The key is to clearly STATE YOUR SUPPORT for the proposed rule. You can also look at other existing comments for support.
If you have personal experience with disability benefits, especially the reduction of benefits from free meals/groceries, those are great to include. They like to hear from people personally impacted by these changes, or know people who are.
I know it can be intimidating to post a public comment like this but it is SO IMPORTANT to engage with specific policy changes like this. Saying "this is great!" on social media doesn't help governmental officials understand the level of support a change like this has, or how much good it would do.
I need to make sure my husband's mother sees this. In 1980 she teamed up with Joe Biden to block a bill from Reagan's Secretary Of Education that would have placed disabled students in institutions forever, and she made throwing petitions on the White House lawn cool. This is something she would advocate for fiercely.
