disabilities

Disability Caucus Open Thread 6/4/16: Physical Disabilities, Exercise and Weight Loss

This has always been a tough topic for me, especially the weight loss. I've always been the husky kid with the big belly and my weight was always up and down. In recent years though...well, I'm 255 pounds. Up until a few years ago I managed to keep my weight between 200 and 215 (I'm around 6 feet tall). This probably doesn't help with my physical problems that I've had since I was very young. I gained all the weight in my stomach which probably escalates my back problems.

Disability Caucus Open Thread 6/1/16: Trying to Be Included in a System That Wants No Part of You

Most of us who have disabilities live on fixed incomes of some sort. And I'm willing to bet many of those same folks tried to do as I have: Got college degrees, tried to find work and at the end of the day, none of it really ever worked out. I honestly haven't had a single interview in almost 3 years. Maybe it's more than that now. Frankly I'm at the point where I no longer give a damn and I'm sure I'm not alone.

Disability Caucus Open Thread 5/29/2016: Employment as a Human Right

I'm sure most of you already figured this out about me, but I'm more or less a vehement anti-capitalist. Capitalism is a system that relies heavily on the worst aspects of economies: high unemployment, extreme poverty, wealth consolidation, authoritarian society and regimes, etc. As far as unemployment is concerned, folks with disabilities have a fairly high unemployment rate.

Incrementalism and Disabilities IV: How Infrastructure is Destroyed Aside: Certification for Employment

I used to write stuff like this at the Dreaded Orange Shitcan..well, I'll be writing them here instead. My only regret is that my followers over there won't know about it. And I'm still on 30 day suspension there so I can't let them know. In any case, shall we begin?

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