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Thank yall for this topic. I (with autism and traumatic brain injury already) experienced homelessness and also struggled to label myself as homeless at first. In fact I experienced it a second time, a decade later, when I was less well networked and had no couches upon which to surf. I saw so much just like what Finn described a lot. I remember all the trans and gnc folx i met, but too briefly, because of all the divisive barriers for them. I slid from a domestic violence shelter to a regular shelter to my car to the street. That time around I knew I had to identify as homeless to recieve the help I needed. Happy to say that i'm now on a Permanent Supported Housing voucher which I learned how to qualify for by autistically hyperfocusing on social worker training videos for the staff and compliance auditors. I watched webinars no one else in the world would be interested that got put on youtube for some reason. They don't explain stuff to their consumers and outreach population very systemically or transparently so I had to learn about the VI-SPDAT for myself before I attempted my eighth or ninth attempt to qualify in. Once I knew what the tool wanted I knew how to answer the social worker's questions. Sincerely, a formerly homeless nerd who still watches webinars :)

The chronic pain and anxiety communities are continually viciously silenced around the issue of having our lifesaving medications forcibly tapered or removed altogether. The DEA is killing us and no one cares.

thank you for that insightful talk

It opened my eyes... thanks ladies!

Good stuff. Thoughts... 1. I'm so frustrated by the fact that governments and many people don't want to continue to do simple things that help protect "at risk" populations. Wear a mask or stay home if sick, get your boosters, wear masks in general more during higher spread times, etc. Although I think trying to help prevent more people from getting disabled by covid is ok but we do need to be careful about how we talk about that. There are ways I could of prevented some of my disability issues (pain issues and chronic fatigue in some ways). Every time I get covid my asthma and chronic fatigue gets worse. 2. They don't actually pay a living wage...yep. Found out when I (finally) applied 3 years ago. There is not enough dialogue about financial BS and it is so frustrating that there isn't more in at least the left leaning circles that are supposedly more inclusive. Why did I have to find out when I applied. I even worked with people with disabilities when I was younger and I pay attention as much as possible to issues. This wasn't talked about enough in homelessness issues as well. When I bring this up with left leaning friends, many just don't want to hear it. WTF!!!! 3. A truly free society is one that is as inclusive as possible. People confuse inconvenience with a lack of freedom. One issue of extreme individualism and how we've tied it to "freedom". 4. I don't know all the words. I pay attention but there is no way to know everything. We need to just not be dismissive if people want to know. Information dissemination is problematic in this day and age where there is so many sources for information and for exchanging it. 5. Where are some spaces (accounts, publications, etc) that we can keep up with language and protests and ways to ask society for a more inclusive and better treatment? 6. Everything said here I loved so much!!!!

This is just what i needed in my life. You desperately need S M Zeus!

Sharon Davanport. Am I to understand that you have autism? Please advise

wasnt she in fudge a mania as sheila tubman?

Shame that captioning hasn't been added; relying on Google/TH-cam's auto-generated captioning is a serious microaggression.

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How amazing this video came out on the morning I was just humiliated in public by a Wal-mart floor scrubbing robot.

As a Completely blind person I truly appreciate the self description and environment. This is so amazing! I hope we can connect on social media yall :) Let's advocate together!