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horce-divorce · 2 years

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ppl have a lot of poignant stuff to say about long covid but is it just me or is there like. this frequent separation of "I'm NOT disabled, I have long covid. Here is the long covid experience:" or "this is what us long covid folks have to go through!" And then they go on to describe the precise, exact same things MOST PEOPLE with a disability or chronic illness goes through.

like I know the ableism we've all internalized demands quite a lot of scrutiny before you feel safe to use ~the D word,~ but you're literally taking about. ableism. even if You Aren't Disabled, the reason doctors won't help you is the same reason they won't help people like me.

I have a "welcome to the club" to issue you but I guess you might not want it..............

#me #i know internalized ableism exists and most people. esp the chronically ill #have to go thru a long period of mourning and acceptance before calling themsleves disabled for lots of complex reasons #but when your experiences are. THE SAME. its weird to make that distinction #you can't even admit you have some similarities with the disabled community now? youre still Not Disabled This Is Long Covid? ok #but like you see what youre saying right. do you see it.#like even if you do recover from long covid eventually (we can hope!!!! i mean that!!!!)#you do realize the endless cycling from doctor to doctor and their lack lf ability to help you #is BECAUSE they wont treat disabled people?????#like if they took care of us theyd already know how to help long covid pts #but they dont do that #its ableism. even if you are not permanently disabled you are experiencing what happens when we oppress and ignore the disabled.

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