2026-07-28 18:24 UTC
Replies (9)
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@bluetea@ioc.exchange 2026-07-29 12:44
@ldottxt@kind.social yes and not disabled, but some life stuff gives me a bit of insight.
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@ldottxt@kind.social 2026-07-28 18:31
Sorry if you already voted - please vote again as I've edited the poll for clarity!
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@dramypsyd@ohai.social 2026-07-28 18:27
@ldottxt@kind.social (Sorry, autistic over-thinking clarifying question, possibly being pedantic but sincerely asking so I can understand and not trying to be a jerk) If I am disabled but not physically disabled, does that make me "able-bodied" since the disability isn't my body? Most of my body is able, it's my brain (which I guess is part of my body. But.)
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@mdione@en.osm.town 2026-07-28 18:41
@ldottxt@kind.social I'm not a native English speaker, and I don't know for sure the meaning, but using a little bit more of brain than usual, I think I can get the meaning. I'm also experiencing the first usual age-related disability.
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@moriel@chaosfem.tw 2026-07-28 18:48
@ldottxt@kind.social So for those who don't know, like me, what exactly is the disability tax? When i search for it i just see lots of things about income taxes for people with disability payments from the government.
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@ldottxt@kind.social 2026-08-01 04:49
Poll is closed now, so for those who don't know: "Disability tax" refers to everything being more expensive, more energy-consuming, more time-consuming, and generally more difficult for disabled people. The phrase "paying the disability tax" is often used with this concept - essentially that disabled people are forced to give more of themselves in multiple ways just to exist. Today you learned!
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@ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social 2026-07-28 18:55
I do know what it means, but when I went to look up a more comprehensive description I discovered it can be difficult to find if you don't know the right keywords. Then I remembered an alternate term, the crip tax, and that was helpful. https://tcf.org/content/commentary/removing-economic-barriers-for-disabled-people-requires-understanding-intersectionality/
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@rasmus91@fosstodon.org 2026-07-28 19:59
@ldottxt@kind.social I'm 90% sure i know what it is. But it's based on linguistic forensics, not that i *know*
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@rpardee@hachyderm.io 2026-07-28 22:43
@ldottxt@kind.social I have a guess...