Post AcxIfR5UWdwilnSTDM by pixelpusher220@universeodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #AcxEfWXhqOKts7RSfA by Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net
       2023-12-19T03:14:40Z
       
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       Reminder that the US Census Bureau is talking about changing how it counts disability, a move which would create an at least 40% reduction in the number of people counted as disabled, and thus radically alter who can get benefits. You have until tomorrow (December 19, 2023) to weigh in on it: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/18/1218954729/census-bureau-survey-disabled-people-with-disabilities
       
 (DIR) Post #AcxGHEYVGgD52nMOBM by SRLevine@urbanists.social
       2023-12-19T03:32:39Z
       
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       @Wolven If anyone (like me) never knows what to say for these things, there is a potential starting point on this submission form: https://ndrn.salsalabs.org/censusdisability/index.html(thanks to @Lizbon for the link)
       
 (DIR) Post #AcxGdBnSCpqqrHp2wK by Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net
       2023-12-19T03:36:41Z
       
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       There's also this tool  @mattbc made to streamline the whole process: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94624464?pr=true
       
 (DIR) Post #AcxIfR5UWdwilnSTDM by pixelpusher220@universeodon.com
       2023-12-19T03:59:18Z
       
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       @Wolven @lisamelton @GottaLaff This needs massive visibility given long COVID.  Reducing who qualifies as disabled would be.... Not good
       
 (DIR) Post #AcxOmSEtF39u5raHqK by antares@qoto.org
       2023-12-19T05:07:59Z
       
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       @Wolven So help me out here. A group of disability rights advocates including many people with actual disabilities developed a more nuanced set of questions that align with how disability is surveyed internationally, and that is bad because a simplistic summary of the data would show fewer people in an already poorly defined “disabled” categorization? Why is it not better to have better, more detailed, more comparable data and make the conversation about how we address the challenges that this data will show?
       
 (DIR) Post #AcyLQmqNqcmcvH3ero by Wolven@ourislandgeorgia.net
       2023-12-19T16:05:08Z
       
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       @antares because as several other disabled people and rights orgs have already noted, our current methodology of vounting and categorizing disability results in an UNDERCOUNT of people who might benefit from disability assistance, and any system whuch reduced that count further is going to screw over a LOT of people.
       
 (DIR) Post #AcyWtWYcZvoyIxeh4i by ItsJenNotGoblin@goblin.camp
       2023-12-19T18:13:35Z
       
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       @Wolven @mattbc done and done. This was a great tool, btw. Helped both collect and expand my thoughts on the subject.