Peer equality and evil shits

Things get "done" to disabled people out of a very misguided belief that it helps. And sometimes it does. But often, more than I'd like, disabled people are tolerated at best and at worst, well I won't go there. But we're not equals among our peers and obviously when there isn't equality there's inequality. So where does that leave a disabled person who's confronted with a society that's designed to be unfavourably disposed to balancing that inequality? On the margins, ignored, put in a dark box, an oubliette.

A huge number of us are exploited, discriminated against, abused and generally mistreated. Someone sarcastically said to me once that we live in a very caring society. They weren't wrong. It's systemic. Our social welfare system is geared toward keeping the poor and the marginalised, well, poor and marginalised. It prevents the rich from becoming poor themselves. It suits our bloated economy and the society we live in to keep certain types down. And they do it with both hands.

No one gets prosecuted for abusing patients in care homes even though it's caught on camera and is clearly assault. No one gets prosecuted for not providing access to their premises even though the laws are quite specific about it. Is it right that someone in a wheelchair has to go "round the back" and probably "in" through a fire "escape"? Who stands up for disabled people? It's alright though. We won't embarrass you. Well simply roll over and say nothing while things are done to us "out of kindness" lest we get branded as the disabled person that's also a bad tempered, evil shit. After all, nothing screams evil shit like a wheelchair user with an attitude.