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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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I completely agree. It isn’t living. It is crushing poverty. It’s not enough money to even make ends meet, not enough for gas to go anywhere, not enough to afford to have any hobbies
That’s why it amazes me how many people I encounter who are pushing for it who I personally don’t believe need it or would qualify. I delicately explain to them all the things I just mentioned above, along with the therapeutic benefits of at least part time employment (creates a routine in life, sometimes a sense of purpose, sometimes a sense of bettering one’s community or other people, networking with others into possible friendships, I could go in forever)
Yet, in one ear out the other. They still want the disability
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I don't have any mental health training, but I think disability is like a justification for someone to not do anything. You get an official like a doctor or government body to give you a label like disabled, and all the sudden its not that you don't want to do anything, you can't because you are disabled. I've seen a lot of abled bodied people leaning pretty heavily on the "I Can't, I'm on disability" crutch. I'm probably biased though because nothing gets me going like someone on disability scheduling my last appointment of the day and showing up late because they were 'too busy'.