Hi! My name is Jesse and I’m a mentally ill trans guy. I haven’t been to the doctor in almost 4 years for various reasons and I really need the help to try and get there to at least get checked to see what all is wrong with me. My health is rapidly declining and I’m afraid that it’ll get to a point of no return soon. If you could, I would really appreciate if you would reblog or donate to any of these links. Thank you so much ❤
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I’ve always been disabled and sick. The effects have been amplified in recent years by adulting, largely without direct support. It worked for a while. In a “many things are on fire but the big fires are sort of put out” way. My chronic pain, fatigue, and brain fog increased; my mental health declined. I crashed in late 2016.
I have not recovered. I’m able to work much less, which means I earn less. I’ve been very financially unstable for over a year. I want to take care of my cat, who is my best friend, and pay my bills. I just don’t have much. I’m applying for benefits like SSDI, housing assistance, etc. I have relied on a few people for help so far.
It’s awkward to ask them a lot. So, I’m asking for short-term help.
Expenses include cat care, groceries, class at the JCC for Jewish conversion studies, and past due credit card bills.
This is a breakdown of the expenses. Any help, or shares, are appreciated by me and the cat.
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laws about minimum wage should apply to disabled people
laws about minimum wage should apply to incarcerated people
everyone deserves a fair living wage for their labor
wait, they don’t???
Not even close. Disabled folks can be paid as little as $1 an hour in some cases at whats called “subminimum wage.” Prisoners are sometimes forced to work without pay at all.
Hi, I am an attorney in the disability field. Many disabled folks make well under $1 an hour in what are called “sheltered workshops”. There are only three states right now that require people with disabilities to be paid at least minimum wage, and they are Alaska, New Hampshire, and Maryland. Goodwill is a major offender, but there are many, many others.
Here is a recent article on the subject: https://thinkprogress.org/alaska-minimum-wage-diability-b762e00ab279/
Also minimum wage actually needs to actually be a fair living wage.
Another especially horrific thing about this:
Sometimes voc rehab counselors will… strategically avoid saying much about a sheltered workshop not having opportunities for advancement.
So people will assume that their low pay and dull tasks are temporary and that they can earn promotions or raises, when actually those things are pretty much nonexistent.
So you get people being like “I’ve done this for 20 years, why have I never gotten promoted?”
This almost happened to me (what follows is an excerpt of this post: Sheltered Workshops, the so-called “dignity of work,” and the Special Ed school-to-workshop pipeline):
When I
graduated college in 1989 (with a Bachelor of Arts in English, with a
minor in Communications, and an overall GPA of 3.4 [A – A+]), my Office of
Vocational Rehabilitation case worker, called me up to tell me about an
employer looking to hire. I was expecting an entry-level job in data
entry or a receptionist. …As I was looking to become a professional
writer, my hope would be a job at a local magazine, or something.Nope.
The only “employer” making offers was a factory looking for people to sort eggs on an assembly line and put them in cartons.
I have C.P., with poor balance and spasticity in my hands. I am not physically capable of working on any assembly line – much less handling raw eggs.
I said this to my case worker. I asked her if there were any employers who were offering work I could actually do.
She seemed incredulous at the very idea.
Since this employer would be paying subminimum wages, and I’d have to pay for wheelchair accessible transportation, it would have actually cost me money to take the job.
So I declined.
As
I recall from her tone, there was an undertone of threat that I’d be
marked down as “non-compliant” (this was2729 years ago, though, so my
memory may be embellishing this in my favor).All
this time, I’ve thought this was absurd. But now that I’ve read about
the official government regulation on the matter, I see that it’s evil.
Because if an employer deliberately hires an entire factory full of
workers who can’t keep up, 75% of their product can end up as a gooey
mess on the floor, and they’d still make a larger profit than if they
hired people who can do the work at minimum wage.[Originally published 8 May, 2016; fresh emphasis added]
Can you say it with me, boys and girls? “Capitalism is evil.”
Snow Fox ❄
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please help me to eat!!
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Monday, September 3rd – Hi everyone, I’m Gemma and I’m so sorry to ask this again so soon from my previous benefit sanction post but is anyone able to send me a few £’s so I can eat this month?
At the moment, I have absolutely no income or food until my benefits are reinstated, the sanctions aren’t due to be lifted until the start of September and I am not due to receive a payment until September 25th (a whole month away, I can provide evidence) and I know that I have asked this a lot these past few months and all the help I have previously received has literally helped me from spiraling into more debt and helped me to eat and stay warm so far and I absolutely hate to ask for more help but I have no one else to turn to.
Also, as many of you know, last month I was diagnosed with a folic acid deficiency, due to lack of nutrition and without basic groceries to take my 14 meds per day, my condition will only get worse, so this post is incredibly urgent for me.
If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life and, sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody has to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling. Thank you for your help 💖
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Me n the girls
new yorkers having fun
Out of food stamps again.
They don’t come back till the 6th. Can anyone help me out? Paypal is girlwatershaman@gmail.com.
Please can someone spare me some money so I can at least order a pizza or something?
For the morning crowd…(I ate more of my ramen last night)
For the night crowd…managed to get some subway today with your guy’s help…
Still out of these…
please help me to eat!!
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Friday, August 31st – Hi everyone, I’m Gemma and I’m so sorry to ask this again so soon from my previous benefit sanction post but is anyone able to send me a few £’s so I can eat this coming month?
At the moment, I have absolutely no income or food until my benefits are reinstated, the sanctions aren’t due to be lifted until the start of September and I am not due to receive a payment until September 25th (a whole month away, I can provide evidence) and I know that I have asked this a lot these past few months and all the help I have previously received has literally helped me from spiralling into more debt and helped me to eat and stay warm so far and I absolutely hate to ask for more help but I have no one else to turn to.
Also, as many of you know, earlier this month I was diagnosed with a folic acid deficiency, due to lack of nutrition and without basic groceries to take my 14 meds per day, my condition will only get worse, so this post is incredibly urgent for me.
If anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would literally save my life and, sharing definitely helps just as much as donations. Nobody has to donate if they can’t or don’t want to, I know we’re all struggling. Thank you for your help 💖
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