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I'm intrigued by this line from the article: > Before the pandemic, she says, she might have done two disability tax credit forms; last year, she did twenty D
by bodiekane 2y ago
I'm intrigued by this line from the article:
> Before the pandemic, she says, she might have done two disability tax credit forms; last year, she did twenty
Did Covid cause massive disability? Did legislation change to make claiming a disability easier or more lucrative? Are people claiming disability in response to inability to get jobs that meet their expectations?
It's not the point of the article, but a 10x increase in requests for "disability tax credit forms" seems like a very significant sign of something deeply concerning.
I wonder how many people seeking disability are more accurately described as disenfranchised. If people are looking at bleak prospects of low-paid jobs with limited possibilities for advancement, alongside soaring housing and other costs, how many people with previously manageable impairments are throwing in the towel and using a disability designation to escape the rat race.
- analyte123 2y agoEven for the first person described in the story, her search for a doctor is not primarily described a search for medical care, but a search for someone who can create a paper trail to ensure her child's eligibility for benefits.
- apothegm 2y agoYes, Covid did cause massive disability. The colloquial term for it is Long Covid. I know at least three people suffering from it —- along a spectrum from slight to severe impairment of daily functioning.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Covid did cause massive disability. The colloquial term for it is Long Covid I know a previously-healthy guy who got an early variant that went for his pancreas. He now has Type 1 diabetes, a condition one is normally born with and for which there is no cure, just chronic, expensive and time-consuming treatment.
- malfist 2y agoHow old is he? Type 1 can show up in your 20s-30s, it's not always the case that you're born with it
- RHSeeger 2y ago> He now has Type 1 diabetes, a condition one is normally born with Type 1 Diabetes isn't something someone is born with. Rather, it's something that you generally get when young (and, in fact, it used to be called Juvenile Diabetes, vs Adult Onset, which is what Type 2 used to be called), but it can happen later in line, all the way into the 20s (or later, I believe). There is a genetic component, but it's also completely possible to get it with no family history.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoDidn't realise it was autoimmune. Nevertheless, in his case it was directly caused by Covid attacking the pancreas. That said, he got it in 2020. The virus got milder over successive generations. (Intrinsically and due to broader vaccination and antiviral administration.)
- RHSeeger 2y agoThere's actually a couple different "types" of Type 1 Diabetes. For example, you can get it during pregnancy (Gestational Diabetes), etc. So it doesn't surprise me that it's possible to get it from Covid. I seem to recall someone getting it from an injury that damaged the Pancreas enough to prevent it from generating insulin. I don't know if that still "counts" as Type 1; but it certainly has the same effects.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> an injury that damaged the Pancreas enough to prevent it from generating insulin. I don't know if that still "counts" as Type 1 It does. Type 1 is fundamentally about an inability to produce insuline. Type 2, an inability to respond to it.
- RobotToaster 2y agoI think it's a combination of long covid and the effect covid had on people's mental health. Being "disenfranchised" can very easily lead to major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, etc.