Tony, Kimberly, Valerie e Anouk non possono lavorare per malattia: “La gente ha criticato la mia festa di matrimonio, non dovrei essere a casa?”
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/05/25/langdurig-zieken-nemen-toe-vooroordelen-ook-bij-mijn-terugkeer/
di atrocious_cleva82
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>”People think I get money to do nothing, but with my benefits and all my medical costs I live below the poverty line.” This is what Tony (53) says, who cannot work due to rheumatism and therefore faces many prejudices. Kimberly (30), her wife Valerie (28) and Anouk (28) are also incapacitated for work due to a physical or mental illness. They tell their story, just as CM is conducting a campaign to break the stigma surrounding long-term illness.
Absolutely there are quite some people too ill to work and that situation sucks and we can’t expect those people to pause their life until they are better.
However, many, if not most people, I know, know someone who’s abusing the system. I do volunteering work with financially fragile people and have encountered many who once had a valid reason to be declared too ill to work, but are now fit to work, but choose not to.
Dit is echt schandalig. Ik zou voor geen miljoen in hun schoenen willen staan en hun ziektes/aandoeningen dragen. Die mensen vallen niet voor de lol uit. Empathie is precies ver zoek bij vele mensen en de discriminatie is beschamend. Als je zulke mensen tegenkomt kan je ipv “wat een profiteur”, beter denken “ik ben dankbaar dat ik gezond ben”
Sadly it’s not surprising how many people have prejudice against people with disability.
How could it be different with all the manipulation and hate we see and hear every day. Unwordly politicians producing the most stupid claims doesn’t help either.
Some people are stuck to their home with barely enough to survive, yet they are looked at as people who enjoy vacation at the expense of others.
During Covid people went nuts because they were “imprisoned” during lockdown for a few weeks. Yet, when they see sick people stuck for decades, those people are suddenly having the good life.