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People who think ‘your body my choice’ is an American problem and not a *global problem* with white supremacists appealing to boys in every English speaking country including *yours*: what rock have you been living under?

Adrianna Tan

Same people urging Americans to move to their very functional, apparently, countries I suppose (while ignoring how their countries have significantly restricted immigration policies for everyone, not just Americans)

@skinnylatte and how many countries with socialized medicine won’t take disabled folks.

I’ve lived abroad and I’ve loved it. Without a (rich) sponsor and copious savings, it’s much less accessible than people think.

(I’m agreeing, not preaching to the choir, I know you know immigration’s difficulties viscerally)

@moss @skinnylatte In Germany, if you have a job offer, the system won't know or care if you're disabled. The gatekeeping is done through an insurance mandate; insurance can be public or private, private insurance discriminates by preexisting conditions, and public insurance requires continuity of coverage so you can't get on it if you're a) coming from outside Europe and b) a freelancer. So yeah, you can fall through the cracks, but if you have a regular job offer, there's no problem.

@samhainnight @raphaelmorgan @moss @skinnylatte If you have a disabled child, then you get a job offer and a work permit, and nobody asks about your family. You then bring in your family on reunification, with rules depending on their ages and your status; the biggest barrier is not health care (you can cover them as dependents if you're publicly insured - if private I think they ask about health history) but integration rules, like C1 German for over-16 children of most workers on visas.

@moss @skinnylatte
*nods agrily in disabled af immigrant, further disabled by chronic stress and shitty UK bullying in every gd job*

"Move to Canada!" our friends up north tell their Fedi friends (who have an unusually high rate of autism) while not realizing autism is usually a disqualifier for Canadian immigration...

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

@julie @skinnylatte Shit like this is why I'm largely convinced it's irresponsible to get kids a diagnosis. Much better, if possible, to relocate somewhere school system will respect & accommodate neurodiversity without requiring diagnosis of a "disorder".

@dalias @julie @skinnylatte hang on a second

I'm not pushing back on wariness about getting an autism diagnosis in a political climate that wants to kick the slats out of health care & pretend that mental health is imaginary

And I am already critical of the Canadian immigration system and keenly aware of its many shortcomings, delays, barriers, and unpleasant loopholes

But I think I can't agree with an autism diagnosis described as "usually" being disqualifying

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canada.ca/en/immigration-refug

www.canada.caMedical inadmissibility - Canada.caThere are 3 possible reasons for medical inadmissibility: danger to public health, danger to public safety, and excessive demand on health or social services.

@dalias @julie @skinnylatte the Canadian immigration process is legitimately difficult to navigate and we have a lot of work to do to fix that, but we ARE working to fix it. At the moment something like 80-85% of all court time across the board in the country is dedicated to immigration affairs, & it should be - it is a national priority to make this work.

The way the system makes immigration difficult for people & families with autism is a major problem, but it is a gate, not a wall...

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@dalias @julie @skinnylatte ...and it's one that is recognized as something that needs to be fixed, not something working as intended nor an unintended but acceptable outcome.

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@skinnylatte I'm on disability and food stamps and medicaid.

My solution isn't to leave, it's to defend those things from the people who would try to take it away from me.

Who coincidentally also happen to be white supremacists.

Biden is one. So is Trump. So are every single one of their followers.