So when it comes to "grow community locally" stuff, here's something non-Disabled folks especially have to figure out how to counter.
There is a long-standing pattern where chronically ill people, even those who previously had extensive support networks and community, are abandoned and isolated.
There is a long-standing pattern where chronically ill people, even those who previously had extensive support networks and community, are abandoned and isolated.
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It cannot be made their responsibility to connect or re-connect with those who previously decided it was, for one reason or another, easier not to try.
This includes requiring masking and air cleaners.
You will need to learn not to say sentences starting with "Well can't you just...?"
Others of us don't have the energy to do organizing anymore. It's complicated.