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I'm housebound. I can't feed, bathe or dress myself or wipe my own backside. It takes 3 hours to get me up. It takes an hour just to take me for a wee. Etc, etc. How is lowering benefits for people in my position going to make us find work? @patmcfaddenmp @keir_starmer @uklabour

Guess what?! Apparently people need telling again!! A lot of wheelchair users can move and many of us can even walk! Amazing isn't it? Who'd have thought, not all wheelchair users are paralysed. #stilldisabled #ambulatorywheelchairuser

🔥 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT MOTABILITY, SINCE SOME OF YOU ARE COMMITTED TO BEING LOUD AND WRONG 🔥 The ignorance about Motability could power the national grid.
Some of you are out here spewing BS. 💥 No, disabled people do NOT get “free cars.” 
You don’t wake up one morning, sneeze, and materialise a shiny SUV from the government fairy. You exchange your Higher Rate Mobility or Enhanced PIP mobility entitlement - and that payment goes directly to Motability. It’s a lease, not a gift. 💥 No, you cannot just pick a “luxury car.” 
You don’t stroll into a dealership and order a BMW for fun. You get a short list of sensible, usually basic models. And if you want anything even remotely bigger, you pay thousands in an upfront “Advance Payment.” From your own pocket. Disabled people are literally paying extra for the crime of needing space for mobility aids or adaptations. 💥 Insurance? Servicing? Repairs? 
Included - because it’s a lease. Not a magical perk. Just a standard part of the deal. And god forbid someone bumps into a Motability car the way some people act, you’d think the disabled driver was committing murder. 💥 Reality check: 
Most disabled people only choose Motability because buying and maintaining a car is financially impossible when your disability already bleeds your wallet dry.
This scheme is a lifeline - not a jackpot. 
It gives people independence, work access, medical access, the ability to have a damn life. 🧨 So before you start raging about “free cars” and “scroungers,” try this: learn how the system actually works. 
Disabled people aren’t living the high life. They’re just trying to exist. And if that offends you? 
🚗💨 Touch grass. Preferably far away from Motability cars.

If the PIP life is so glamorous, swap with me, ableists. Take my medications every morning and night. Deal with the side effects and barely being able to do anything because of it. Stop having to do anything you enjoyed, before. Deal with the constant pain from the moment you wake up, that the medications you take day and night barely touch. Face constant abuse and stigma for being disabled, and being called names like you're in some sort of nazi state because you need extra support. Deal with constant poking and prodding in medical appointments where the "specialists" admit they don't really know how to help you, and give you no hope of ever feeling better. Go through this and then tell me you'd chose it over being healthy.

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