Is this what the kids are calling it these days?

Oh.

To “pediatric cancer therapies”

Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people

Lolololo dude is giving this ICE goon the business

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Cold-blooded mass murder by the United States government...

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You know what a lot of people have today that they didn't have five years ago? Autonomic nervous system dysfunction that causes pain, extreme fatigue, and other stuff that means standing and walking a ton isn't possible. I would know.

You would have no way to tell the difference. Sorry I’m not performing my disability to your satisfaction.

I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user. I can walk a little bit before I’m in agony. If i roll on, it’s bc I needed the chair to get to the gate and to preboard so I’m not knocked over in crowds. If i walk off it’s bc I only need to make it back up the ramp to catch the electric cart to my next gate.

this is so dumb, like what is the supposed advantage you think they are getting? They still get the seat they booked you absolute rotten turnips

Wait, you’re a nurse and you’re advocating for requiring disabled folks to carry papers to get reasonable accommodations??? WTF???

A lot of airports will force you to use a wheelchair if you need any kind of disability staff assistance, such as for visual impairment, even if you don't have issues with walking. Most of us don't like it, but it's certainly not our fault.

You're so ignorant Wait until it happens to you, or someone you know (or love). You've no idea, but you would make it "papers please" every time someone needed accommodation. Which means the disabled have to stop doing things because you don't like to think about what being disabled really is

Yes, this is the “gaming the system” we should all be fretting over. Billionaires get driven right the fuck up to their private jets, but god forbid my knees are sore or you’d rather not board your flight mid-asthma-attack…🙄🙄🙄

Everyone knows you can either walk 2 miles or not take a single step. There is no in-between.

This is disgusting. I am an ambulatory wheelchair user. I can walk short distances, but getting through an airport (or even standing in lines) is impossible for me. Who decided to send this nonsense to print? Retract this shit and apologize for your gross negligence. LEAVE DISABLED PEOPLE ALONE.

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I know how far I can walk & how long I can stand. I can’t do stairs at all. It appears someone is jealous of my 40% lung capacity & unstable angina. Although I admit I look stunning.

Disability is the one protected class that anyone can join, it’s just a matter of time. That being said, I hope whoever wrote this gets to join that protected class in order to experience disability firsthand.

I had a pretty bad leg injury and couldn’t walk or stand for extended periods of time, but I *could* do it. I definitely took the wheelchair to and during my flight then ditched it after landing because I could not wheel myself up the ramp. So yes, it probably looked to someone like I was “faking”.

Travelers who are unaware, selfish and whiny, because this does not happen. Traveling in a wheelchair is never faster and often much, much slower. Sometimes people need wheelchairs for longer distances. Jeez, what is wrong with your readers?

Delete this post (and article.) It's an outrageously uninformed take on #invisibledisability which affects millions of Americans. #ADA

yeah bud, that’s because i have a heart condition where i faint if I stand still too long or walk too far and I don’t want to mess up everyone’s schedule by dropping in the middle of a jetway. not being paralyzed doesn’t make you ablebodied

Almost everyone who uses airport wheelchair services can walk at least short distances! If they couldn't walk at all they'd have their own wheelchair. Where is your ability to reason with elementary logic? Who wrote and approved this ableist slop?

i bemoan the airline industry's abysmal treatment of disabled people, breaking thousands of mobility aids and devices every year. and also, for lobbying to have everyone take off their masks and return to office during a STILL ongoing mass-disabling event #covid

By the way I have been forgotten on a plane at least twice, and am almost always both the last one off and the last one to reach baggage claim. There are *strong* incentives for people to exert themselves a lot more than they should upon reaching their ultimate destination!

Anyone who sincerely thinks we're doing this for funsies and a slight operational advantage, please try it out for yourself. It'll become apparent how stupid an idea that is really, really fast.

I literally missed my flight two days ago because the LAX wheelchair service was running nearly an hour behind. We finally rolled up three minutes after they closed the door, which is only slightly worse than the ten minutes before the door closed that the Charlotte crew managed six hours later.

So this is not an actual problem, you're just being weird about strangers and acting like it's news

dragging luggage, and I'll start limping, but at a glance I look perfectly abled. I'm sure people have thought of my like the assholes in the article think about other less-than-visibly disabled people. I'm so sick of this attitude.

The recent rise in counter-to-gate transport is literally the only reason I can fly anymore. If I don't wear my AFO (and I usually don't for this, because I'm sitting so it's just gonna be sweaty and in-the-way) there's no immediate indicator of my need. Of course, I walk a ways, especially while

Look at you, able to discern disabilities like chronic heart failure, neuromuscular disease, myopathy, etc, all by observation. Can you teach me how to do this? They skipped that part in med school 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

What in the ableist slop is this?! Using a wheelchair doesn’t always mean you have zero use of your legs. People have different levels of mobility needs you clowns.

You know, it’s pretty stupid with long covid out there giving people ME left and right you would publish something like this, but then again, on par for you

My mom is the same. And sometimes she'll use a wheelchair for part of a day (say, on the way to the plane) so she feels sure she'll have the energy to walk for another part (say, off the plane to baggage claim).

Best time to delete this trash take is now. Sometimes my mom uses a wheelchair. Sometimes a walker. Sometimes she's good on her own for a few blocks. It all depends on the day. Imagine thinking you can clock someone's whole disability by watching them for a few seconds. 🙄

It’s literally no one’s business and even posting this increases ableism. Shame on you

The idea that people who use wheelchairs can't walk at all is nonsense Hollywood movie bullshit. It doesn't surprise me that a tabloid rag like the Wall Street journal doesn't know that, though.

to anyone who does think this is a problem that needs to be fixed: would you prefer a situation where people who don't really need this get it, or people who really need it don't?

this entire premise is bad and you should feel bad for perpetuating it

This is actually true this video. A lot of people have limitations to their mobility, but not a complete inability to walk. Can’t walk very far. Can only walk with great pain. I’m sure there are grifters abusing the system, but don’t assume every person who looks able-bodied that minute is able.

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he's re-running birtherism on the powerless

Bernie keeps voting agains the of Bills that would help the very people he claims to champions. He voted against this Bill because "...the Senate ought to be passing similarly important, bipartisan-supported health care measures along with it." Yet there are people who think he's still useful.

His obstinance, which so many admire in him, is literally why I have such a distaste for the man. Shameful act of self-indulgence on Sanders’ part

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Michelle Obama interview by Jonathan Capehart will be replayed at midnight tonight EST and tomorrow night, Saturday. Sure of the time Saturday. It was interrupted towards the end. When the Brown University shooter was found dead in New Hampshire.

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