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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No one on this planet is able to live without assistance, and needing others to exist doesn't somehow reduce the value of ones life. You really have a lot of ableism to unlearn.

https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/independence-is-an-ableist-myth-unlocking-the-power-of-community-in-healing/

https://www.theswaddle.com/how-societys-fixation-on-independence-as-a-universal-goal-excludes-disabled-chronically-ill-people