Why not make this because I'm just a filthy commie.
My thoughts on Disability (getting paid because you can't hold down a job due to your disability).
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
- It should at least be minimum wage. (And minimum wage should cover average cost of living in that region.)
- Housing, electricity, and plumbing should just be covered. Also accessible transportation.
- Medical costs should be covered. 100%
- It should supplement food (and restrictions shouldn't be so limiting to the point where people with food allergies can't eat)
- You should not lose any amount of your disability just because you make a little income (if you can't make enough to live off of or hold down a full time job due to your disability, you should qualify)
- Marriage should have zero impact on your disability.
- You should be allowed to own a home (why the fuck can't you own a home? That's dumb shit.)
- It should cover any changes that you need to make to your home to make it accessible.
- If you rent a place and you suddenly get a short term disability (like cancer). Your apartment should be covered until you recover.
- If you rent a place and you suddenly get hit with a long term disability (like long covid or certain types of cancer) and you have to be moved (like if you're renting a condo for $1million a month. It's a bit of an exaggeration but it gets the point across for its reasonable to not expect the government to cover that). Then moving costs should be covered.
Before the capitalists (derogatory) come in my comments "You're just mad because you're too dumb to work so you want free shit." (Because they always do when I post a commie take).
I am disabled, and I have a full time job that pays me quite well (and is very accommodating to my disability). I just don't think people whose disability are more limiting than mine should suffer. Especially because every single disabled person knows that stress exacerbates symptoms.
Like the stress of being forced to live off what is the equivalent $2/hr for full time work, being forced to find a living space that covers that, and trying to find food you're allowed to eat on supplemented income with dietary restrictions (because most disabled people have to eat what most people consider "unhealthy" to manage our disability).
Before capitalists (derogatory) say "Your disability doesn't make you eat unhealthy food". You just want an excuse to eat junk food. People with cystic fibrosis often require calorie counts similar to Olympic athletes because they can't digest food right. People with POTS often require ridiculous sodium intakes to help manage the symptoms of low blood pressure. And people with migraines often need high carb "junk foods" to help manage the low blood flow that comes with a migraine flare-up.
The disabled body is fucking WEIRD and what's healthy to most people isn't necessarily healthy to us, and we've found our ridiculous ways of eating through trial and error to find out what best helps us function. If you don't live in our body, you can't tell us what's good for us.