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Disability and Accessibility@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months ago

Marriage could mean losing life-saving benefits for people with disabilities. So they’re protesting.

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Marriage could mean losing life-saving benefits for people with disabilities. So they’re protesting.

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Disability and Accessibility@beehaw.orgEnglish · 10 months ago

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People with disabilities risk losing their life-sustaining health benefits if they get married, a penalty advocates say is rooted in old beliefs about their lives.

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100% this. It fosters dependency and robs people with disabilities of their own decisions of what to do with their money.

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