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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago
[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Whaat, disabled are supposed to somehow work?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

In America yep. You can't qualify for disability (at least in my state) unless you're permanently blind, quadriplegic, or have worked a certain number of hours in the last few years. You get a disability at 14? Cool, hope your parents enjoy fighting with the disability claims people every other day! Until you're 18, at which point you get to basically start all over again!

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

This is crazy - I moved out of Russia partly because it has "shitty" social system, but in comparison it is not shitty: disabled people get their meds/treatments, even if it is something basic/shitty. And they get disability checks (again, just enough to not starve, but this is something). There is some idiocy like people having to confirm they still don't have legs every few years, but you won't lose your status completely.
In Denmark where I am now, you can get most sophisticated treatments, social workers coming and everything. there are downsides (like long waiting times for everything - people die before it's their turn to get cancer treatment), but I can say I'm more sure of my old years where I'll be "falling apart" and depending on others.

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