#disabledrights

Your reminder that here in Australia, disabled people who cannot work and are on benefits are not able to legally marry or have a de-facto relationship without their partner/spouse's income being used to determine whether or not the disabled person is entitled to keep their benefits. So often, a disabled person's benefit is cut drastically, and sometimes completely, leaving them completely dependent on their spouse/live-in partner, and stripping them of what little independence they may have left. "Equal rights for all" isn't true until a disabled person who is unable to work retains autonomy, and is not stripped of benefits if they choose to enter a legal marriage or defacto relationship. #disability #disabledlife #equalrights #disabledrights

Annoyed at the fact that so many people ask "what do you do for work?" not as a question to genuinely get to know a person, but as a way to decide how much worth to assign to that person and respect to show them, based on what they answer. People are more than what their job is, or whether or not they have a traditional 9-5, or whether they even have a job at all. Stop it. #respect #peoplearemorethantheirjob #YouAreEnough #youareworthit #youareworthy #disabledrights

From being abused by staff and other travellers to being denied access to toilets, flying is an increasingly distressing and frustrating experience for many wheelchair users. Here, they share their stories https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/the-captain-told-me-to-wear-a-nappy-on-board-why-is-air-travel-so-humiliating-for-disabled-passengers #disability #disabled #DisabledRights #airtravel #disabledlife #accessibility