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Entitlements? What are you talking about?

faeriechangling 3y ago
Financial entitlements, such as to various medical services, higher welfare rates, reduced tax rates. (I've heard a psychologist flat out admit to giving people a diagnosis based wholly on the medical services they wanted them to receive, not based on if they actually qualified for the diagnosis) Accommodations, such as extra time on tests, a more comfortable working environment, more attention and time having school staff attend to them. Affirmative action schemes. Exclusion from military drafts. Extra leeway in social situations in general - in specific ways. Entitlements. The fact of having a right to something. Privledges. Special treatment. A benefit granted by law or custom. Now I am not suggesting that being diagnosed with a disability in fact makes your life better and easier on merit of having all these wonderful entitlements. If you talk to disabled people a lot you will notice what a lot of them stress how they don't want special treatment and make a point of independence. There's reason for that. Nevertheless, people often THINK these sort of entitlements would be very helpful for a person, since superficially entitlements seem awesome when you aren't yet thinking of second order effects.
- machinawhite 3y ago
  > Financial entitlements ??? > various medical services I pay hundreds of euros each month for health insurance I expect something in return > higher welfare rates Anecdotally none of my neurodivergent friends are on welfare. But I imagine people with more severe types of autism cannot really function in a work environment. That's why it qualifies as a disability. > Accommodations, such as extra time on tests Never got it > a more comfortable working environment Ahahahahahaha > more attention and time having school staff attend to them You're tripping > Affirmative action schemes. ??? > Exclusion from military drafts. I don't know anything about military > Extra leeway in social situations in general - in specific ways. You spelled extra bullying wrong > second order effects What the fuck are you even yapping about?

Financial entitlements, such as to various medical services, higher welfare rates, reduced tax rates. (I've heard a psychologist flat out admit to giving people a diagnosis based wholly on the medical services they wanted them to receive, not based on if they actually qualified for the diagnosis) Accommodations, such as extra time on tests, a more comfortable working environment, more attention and time having school staff attend to them. Affirmative action schemes. Exclusion from military drafts. Extra leeway in social situations in general - in specific ways. Entitlements. The fact of having a right to something. Privledges. Special treatment. A benefit granted by law or custom. Now I am not suggesting that being diagnosed with a disability in fact makes your life better and easier on merit of having all these wonderful entitlements. If you talk to disabled people a lot you will notice what a lot of them stress how they don't want special treatment and make a point of independence. There's reason for that. Nevertheless, people often THINK these sort of entitlements would be very helpful for a person, since superficially entitlements seem awesome when you aren't yet thinking of second order effects.

machinawhite 3y ago
> Financial entitlements ??? > various medical services I pay hundreds of euros each month for health insurance I expect something in return > higher welfare rates Anecdotally none of my neurodivergent friends are on welfare. But I imagine people with more severe types of autism cannot really function in a work environment. That's why it qualifies as a disability. > Accommodations, such as extra time on tests Never got it > a more comfortable working environment Ahahahahahaha > more attention and time having school staff attend to them You're tripping > Affirmative action schemes. ??? > Exclusion from military drafts. I don't know anything about military > Extra leeway in social situations in general - in specific ways. You spelled extra bullying wrong > second order effects What the fuck are you even yapping about?