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submitted 10 months ago by MossBear@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

I'm just curious about this. As someone with a chronic illness, I pretty much never hear anyone talk about things related to the sorts of difficulties and discrimination I and others might face within society. I'm not aware of companies or governments doing anything special to bring awareness on the same scale of say, pride month for instance. In fact certain aspects of accessibility were only normalized during the pandemic when healthy people needed them and now they're being gradually rescinded now that they don't. It's annoying for those who've come to prefer those accommodations. It's cruel for those who rely on them.

And just to be clear, I'm not suggesting this is an either or sort of thing. I'm just wondering why it's not a that and this sort of thing. It's possible I'm not considering the whole picture here, and I don't mean for this to be controversial.

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[-] littlewonder@lemmy.world 84 points 10 months ago

I mean, you're basically describing the point of intersectional activism.

[-] MossBear@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Time for a wiki-kick. I don't know much about it. I've literally been living outside society for over a decade.

[-] ThatsTheSpirit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

Your not alone. Same here. Lots of ideas round here.

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