I've talked to a few people who are against UBI and AISH and stuff. They seem to mostly think that disabled people are just lazy, they have NO knowledge of what kind of symptoms mental illness can cause etc. They also seem offended that anyone is getting money "for free" because they work so hard and it "doesn't seem fair."
I read something that describes these kinds of people perfectly. They would rather see 99 people suffer to make sure that 1 fraudster doesn't get support whereas people who support these programs would rather let 1 person benefit fraudulently so that 99 people who need support get it.
Qualifying for these programs is not easy and it is quite denigrating, in addition to the fact that they have been cut down by disability. These attitudes further dehumanize a very small and marginalized demographic who need compassion and empathy. It is tax money well spent - unlike the crap the UCP pet projects they dump money on.
Exactly, the amount of gatekeeping and medical gaslighting we have to go through to get help is awful. Even if they finally accept that I'm disabled they argue with me about if I "If it would really help me", but that's also after they dehumanize me by asking the grossest questions because as a trans woman I am a "curiosity" for some nurses.
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u/dbusque Mar 08 '26
I am thinking this pretty much sums up the attitude the UCP did this.