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[firecat]

This. *This*. THIIIIS...

...might explain why one of my reactions to the coronavirus crisis has been elation. [Fuck. There's so much suffering. I'm ashamed to admit it.]

It's not as if I'm even taking advantage of that many of the newly online opportunities. But I feel like I have the option. I feel like the rest of you humans opened a door I can walk through, a door I used to have to laboriously pick the lock of. Maybe you didn't open it *for* me, but it's open now, and that changes something in my core.

"Covid lockdown opening up world for people with disabilities" by Frances Ryan for The Guardian: "Many people able to take part in work, culture, or socialising from their own home for first time"

Comments

[jinian]

That makes total sense to me.

[firecat]

Thanks for letting me know you get it.

[cjsmith]

It makes sense to me too, and it sucks that the world has heretofore been so inaccessible.

[firecat]

Thanks for letting me know you get it. And yeah.

[delight]

If work lets me, I am going to be applying for funding to do a Big Research on this. I'm both glad and nervous that others are talking about it, though my thesis is a bit deviated from this topic. This is just part of it.

[firecat]

That is fantastic!

[elainegrey]

This was one of my first thoughts for Quaker Meeting - that people who couldn't make the drive would be able to participate more.

[firecat]

Yeah! I can now attend my sangha meetings again (not that I have been, but...)

[noelfigart]

That makes complete sense to me!

There is no need to be ashamed that something has made your life better. It's not like you're saying you're glad people are dead. You're saying that there are accessibility problems that are being addressed for you.

If it makes you feel any better one way or another, that people who need it are getting their needs addressed makes me feel better about all this crap. I'm glad.

[firecat]

Thanks for letting me know you get it, and reminding me I don't need to be ashamed of my feelings. <3

[sabotabby]

No, I hear you. I've been confined to my house for a very long period of time before for medical reasons. This is like that except that instead of the world going on without me, everyone is confined.

[firecat]

Yes, very much so.

[kaberett]

I've been feeling this too -- not quite the same flavour, but I've definitely been noticing that I'm getting more social than normal.

[firecat]

Yeah.

[worlds_of_smoke]

Honestly, I've mostly been bitter as hell about the fact that once the abled needed accommodations, they were instituted at light speed.

[firecat]

Oh I feel that way too. The accommodations and all the economic help that should have been there all along.

[oracne]

This totally makes sense. Also, it shows WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS ALREADY BUT WE DIDN'T, sigh.

[firecat]

It sure does.

[hitchhiker]

makes a lot of sense to me, and i really hope this keeps up in the after times.

[firecat]

I hope so too.

[snippy]

I have been boosting this idea since before I was sent home from work in mid-March; it's a great reason to be elated.

[firecat]

I'm glad you understand and are boosting it.

[jesse_the_k]

YES! YES!

I'm glad there are some positives in this mess! Embrace any we can find.

[firecat]

I thought you'd understand. Thanks.

[silveradept]

I can only hope that afterward, everyone realizes having the door open is much better for everyone, instead of rushing to slam it shut as quickly as they can.

[firecat]

Yes, I hope the door will stay open, rather than "quick let's slam the door on the horror we don't want to think about any more."

[silveradept]

Right. And someone will suggest it as a cost-saving measure, because it's cheaper to close the door than to invite everyone in and put up the expense of making sure everyone can enjoy the space.

[firecat]

That will probably happen to some extent, yeah.