Increasing my Independence, Mindfulness & Resilience will not fix my pain or exhaustion.
Teaching seminars on those things to people struggling to make rent, find a job or find shelter for the night will do a damn bit of good for getting them out of those situations.
It is a social narrative, employed to direct focus away from uncomfortable social problems & radical solutions, and onto individuals breaking themselves to squeeze into a broken culture.
[Angry Yeen Noises, Disability Doctrine] Show more
Much like Homelessness, Poverty & Mental Health, the only Neoliberal/Austerity understanding of Disability is as an individual flaw; Occasionally blameless, but any struggles are fixable by Resilience.
All of these concepts in contemporary society are rooted in the idea that they are [managable to insignificance] and/or [entirely fixable] purely through personal growth & character building, not changes to systems, culture or environment you exist within.