A friend of mine has a daughter with Down syndrome, and thanks to these programs she recently made the transition from high school and living at home to an internship at a major pharmaceutical company and an apartment of her own.
But the techbros think that's all "waste"
But the techbros think that's all "waste"
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Carrie Melago
Teens with disabilities were getting help with life after high school. Then DOGE started cutting. www.chalkbeat.org/2025/02/26/t...
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Congrats and continued good fortune to your friend's daughter.
The transition programs for disabled youth are wonderful & I’m glad my taxes went to those programs.
Trump/Musk are evil.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4
From being warehoused and dying incredibly young to be taught how to be productive, successful members of society.
The problem is, the people that remember how it used to be want to go back to those days.
I live in a very blue district and when you get a few drinks onto the older people, they want to return to the days of warehousing too.
This is a generational thing.
I saw one report that a biodiversity program lost its funding because it contained the word diversity 🙄😡🤦🏼♀️
They need specialty meds that cost roughly $26k AFTER primary employer insurance.
Cutting Medicaid would cut almost 3 mil other people in PA off from healthcare:
https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dhs/resources/data-reports.html
Children’s Hospital of Phila have given them great care.
Our “moderate” 🐘Congressman voted for Johnson’s tricky bill last night.
I assume Sen 💎 Dave McCormick will also do the same.
Seems relevant somehow.
Wondering if it’s true for this program that helps people “transition” into a job.
It’s a terrible thing to do to a perfectly good program.
“The Problem With the 'They're Always Happy' Myth About Down Syndrome” https://themighty.com/topic/down-syndrome/down-syndrome-not-always-happy/
(Read: SARCASM. Remember how he mocked the journalist with CP? I am a high school special education teacher, and I am beyond disgusted.)
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Shame on these Trumpy vipers…
Physically &
Mentally challenged people get 2 work, doctors appointments, essential trips, help with tax preparation,will probably be eliminated by 2026, If not sooner. This administration is void of compassion, morals, & decency. And they live off of us!
That word is toxic in the Trump administration.
They didn't even read what the grant was all about. They just asked it because of the word.
They would've preferred my blind grandmother had died, too, I suppose. And my deaf cousin. Y'know, the father of 4 and photographer.
https://www.vcinfodocs.com/what-is-the-network-state
Many of us are seeing DOGE and its cuts as its first encroachment on the real world.
Signed,
Someone that was guardian for her brother w down syndrome- he was the best thing in the world
It's impossible to overestimate how selfish & cold what they "celebrate" is.