(Whispers) There are working class people, people of color, and immigrants who are disabled and these Uber drivers are also refusing to pick them up.
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Ableism is not praxis, no matter how much you yell at a woman in a wheelchair.
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They don't think that disabled people have jobs.
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This is one of my issues with framing a lot of things around "labor" or "working class," actually -- it seems to attract people who put "work" above everything else.
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...or evaluations for social services/income support. A no show, even with a reasonable excuse and after calling in, can lead to punitive withdrawal of services.
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I don't know why everyone insists on banging on the little guys when commonsense says go to the root of the issue. Uber is not providing compensation nor accommodations for these rides. Uber needs to simply designate drivers with accommodating vehicles to take these trips.
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Us able-bodied folks do, too. So many jobs I can't even apply for. Too many people don't realize how needed good public transport is.
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Yes, but this _specifically_ refers to a disabled person being discriminated against by an Uber driver, not a general statement of difficulty. And every challenge we have, is magnified many times when combined with disability.
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people mix up accomodation with privilege/special treatment. they see someone advocating for, for example, wheelchair friendly ubers, and instead of thinking “she wants to use uber just like everyone else” they think “shes demanding her own special car”
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