Stan and Allie are both vision-impaired and had been moved from one temporary home to another, until they were finally forced to live together in an abusive environment where neither of them felt safe. After enduring a series of threats…
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Visits to the Hospital
Photo by Doug Maloney on Unsplash By Pippin Latham (They/Them) Content warning: Mentions of suicidal ideation and descriptions of restrictive practices in hospitals. Don’t “Forget” the Wheelchair I have been admitted to hospital numerous times in Melbourne, usually by ambulance,…
We are not disposable – Disability and the health system during COVID-19
Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko courtesy of Unsplash By Vanamali Hermans For many disabled people, hospitals are already traumatic places where we are spoken over, invalidated and dehumanised, writes Vanamali Hermans. Content Warning: This blog post contains descriptions of medical violence,…