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ok ill put a couple things in before i wander off to do handless things. here's your appetizer, the main course is on google and the dessert is you get to help by joining with and amplifying our voices.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/11/627773979/why-people-with-disabilities-want-bans-on-plastic-straws-to-be-more-flexible

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-07/plastic-straws-aren-t-the-problem

https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/19/the-straw-ban-might-cut-down-plastic-waste-but-its-not-fair-on-disabled-people-7732506/?preview_id=7732506

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Jul 29, 2018 at 3:38amWeb
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#strawban
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[image description: asian american woman with black hair pulled back, something that looks like an oxygen mask that goes from the top of the back of her head, to her nose. She's wearing a black coat, sitting in her chair, drinking from a cup with a plastic bendy straw. Text says: "Shove your performative environmental wokeness in a cup and suck on it with a straw" and below that, a black and white picture of a cup with a bendy straw. Below that, it says #suckitableism #strawban @sfdirewolf ]
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[Image Description - Graphic is a grid chart on top of a black background with colored straws. The graphic reads: “Many disabled people need plastic straws to drink, eat, take medications, etc. Here’s how current alternative, reusable options are a harm to us.”

The grid chart breaks down some of the various issues for each reusable straw option. They are as follows...]

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[image
Metal: injury risk, not positionable, costly for consumer
Bamboo: injury risk, not positionable, costly for consumer
Glass: injury risk, not positionable, costly for consumer, not high-temp safe
Silicone: not positionable, costly for consumer
Acrylic: injury risk, not positionable, costly for consumer, not high-temp safe
Paper: choking hazard, not positionable, not high-temp safe
Pasta: choking hazard, injury risk, not positionable, not high-temp safe
Single-use: Nothing is listed.]
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[image: Underneath the grid chart, text reads:
* Pressure to create biodegradable straw options that are safe for the environment AND for all disabled people should fall on manufacturers, NOT marginalized disabled consumers.
* Once we accept the necessity of plastic straws, we can work together on other environmental initiatives that are effective, inclusive and accessible.
The graphic was created by and watermarked @sarahbreannep]]
Show threadStaleWhiteBreadJul 29, 2018
@glintacp Rather than banning it, can't it be something that would be *just* for people who actually need them? We've agreed upon the idea of things like accessible parking and seating and things like that. It would be vastly improved even if we just made it so you had to ask for a straw, rather than just available for people to grab. Because right now the use of plastic for single-use crap is unsustainable. Obviously a "straw license" isn't feasible but... I dunno, something like that?
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@StaleWhiteBread that's been suggested and even implemented in a few places, but it's kinda like advertising an event and disabled people having to ask if it's accessible. also puts power into the hands of ppl who try to decide if we are/are not disabled, severity of disability, need, etc.

here's a better model courtesy of wrecking ball coffee.

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@StaleWhiteBread also, did you know that .03% of trash in the ocean is straws and thta all or most of it ends up there from littering meanwhile fishers toss nets which become ghost nets, killing for long after. #1 amount of trash in ocean comes from that.

it's just that a turtle hasnt been videod being killed by those on youtube for a million feelgood likes.

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@StaleWhiteBread p.s . seating areas for us r usually segregated