I am a disabled Oregonian, and it has recently been brought to my attention that the state plans on virtually abandoning the physically and mentally disabled. Arguably we are some of the state's most vulnerable people, because we do not always get to be heard, or for that matter, taken very seriously. I have been up and down the food chain on this with people I know who are in the know with politics more than me, and the best answer I have received is that 'we are less of a political impact' than cutting things like head start, or low-income daycares.
I am a voter, sir, all of my friends who are disabled are voters, sir. Our families, our friends. None of us will go quietly into that good night, or sit idly by while our basic human rights are taken away to fit into some fucking bottom line. That is what is happening here. They are seriously considering eliminating home-care-assistance hours that relate to my ability to have hot meals and clean clothes. The cuts they are talking about would all but eliminate thousands of home-care positions, and force people into homes. Both of these outcomes are bad for our already screwed up economy, and even an idiot could see that.
People need to know this is happening to us. They need to know what is being done right under their noses. For what? So people can have free daycare? These plans cut some head start program funding, but they cut nearly 75% of home-care providers hours for what is deemed somehow non-essential services, which as I said include meal preparations, clean laundry, and I even heard someone mention bathing.
If these cuts happen, we're not only allowing the suits to make us no better than places like New Jersey (if you qualify for these services there, you go in a home), but we are allowing them to put a price on people's basic human right to live and work, and be independent. Please, sir, join me in making sure this does not happen. Please make our voices heard.
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