MNMcCraryI wrote this for @[email protected] about the opportunity Southern states have right now to help disabled people. We can get home and community-based services, and we can end subminimum wages. All our electeds need is the political will to get it done. https://www.facingsouth.org/2023/01/southern-legislatures-must-dismantle-poverty-traps-for-disabled-people
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/the_tattooedjew/status/1617988851016011776
VOICES: Southern legislatures must dismantle poverty traps for disabled people
The poverty rate for people with disabilities is more than double that of our nondisabled counterparts, and the disparity is being driven by state policy choices that force us into institutions unnecessarily and allow employers to pay us subminimum wages. Some Southern states have already embraced reforms, and others should act now.