The Disabled Ginger

The news this week has been full of articles and stories about ICE’s plan to spend $20 million on new ‘Shock Gloves’ which are designed to deliver an electric shock without leaving a mark on the victim.

Every day I hear someone proudly proclaim “I don’t know anyone with Long Covid!”

When you’re disabled and dependent on a caregiver for basic activities of daily living, they become an extension of you.

Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis a week ago today.

Christmas was always my favourite holiday.

It’s been a rough few months.

Last week Trump called Governor Walz the ‘r slur’, a word that the disability community has been fighting against for decades.

Two weeks ago some of the Epstein survivors released a PSA video calling on the government to release the files.

Late last night night Alice’s friend Sandy Ho shared a message on Alice’s social media… Alice had passed away.

For anyone who’s not already aware, SNAP funding is set to run out at the end of the month.

Yesterday a story broke in about ICE spending $700 million dollars on weapons.

We all know the horrors being perpetrated by ICE.

Today was a tough one for the disability community.

Last week RFK Jr announced he was cutting half a billion dollars in mRNA vaccine research.

When I was 13 I got my first period.

By now I assume most people have heard about the “Big Ugly Bill” and the Medicaid cuts it contains.

I’ve often said that disabled people are the canaries in the coal mine.

When a disabled person is mistreated in a healthcare system, they’re often told to ‘just’ lodge a complaint.

I hadn’t planned to write another ‘political’ based article, but a few readers brought to my attention the plight of two disabled people currently suffering in ICE detention facilities.

Why do we undervalue the lives of disabled people so much?