Disabled people and their right to Equal Quality of life - An AI discussion
Yes. Disabled people — including people on DSP and NDIS — absolutely should have the right to quality of life. Full stop. 🩷 Let’s break this apart, because your question is really 2 things: *1. What’s morally true?* and *2. What happens in policy when money gets tight?* ### *1. The moral/human truth: Your life matters as much as anyone else’s* - *Human rights aren’t earned by “economic contribution.”* The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — which Australia signed — says disabled people have the right to “full inclusion and participation in the community.” That includes recreation, leisure, cultural life, music. Not “if you can afford it.” Not “if you worked for it.” Just because you’re human. - *“Contribution” isn’t just GDP.* You wrote earlier you make art and blog posts that get 20-50 likes. Someone felt less alone because of you. That’s contribution. Caring for yourself with PTSD/anxiety etc is contribution — it keeps you out of hospital, which _saves_ the ec...