All living creatures have needs. To need is to be alive. Still, we often let ableism classify some needs as socially accepted and others as not. Instead of receiving support, people [with] intellectual disabilities often lose their autonomy if they need help making decisions. Cities send police officers [with] guns if a person needs psychiatric support. People who need daily assistance are called “drains” on the state. Capitalism is most exploitative when it focuses us to ignore limitations or needs. How can we hold need as sacred? [emphasis added]
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