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Full History - 2021 - 01 - 28 - ID#l6ttdy
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Blind people of very liberal countries. how are your social securities. (self.Blind)
submitted by NomisD
People from highly liberal countries such as USA, Englad, France i.e. How is you life with regards to help with cleaning, job security, childcare, dogs and other utilities, pension and medical help, electric devices, support during increasing blindness and payment for other complications that might come along. Also other insights i have forgotten here. I am from a well functioning social democracy and have to blind parents. It has made me wonder how growing up in such conditions would have played out under other curcumstances.

Edit: not looking to cause any political rucuss, i am just curious of your daily life.
Best regards Nomisd
codeofdusk 3 points 2y ago
In the US but have friends in Australia. Australians are eligible for the $1 which helps fund adaptive tech as well as support work. Public transport is very good in cities and surrounding areas, and is highly subsidized or no cost for the blind. Totally blind citizens are also eligible for a blindness pension – It isn’t a lot of money, but it is at least double the prevailing rates in the US, and totally blind people are eligible to receive it regardless of income.
NomisD [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Wow this sounds great actually! Sounds more ore less like what we've got where i am from. Good on them.
Crafty_Dragon_roll 3 points 2y ago
USA here. I would not call us a liberal country. I have found there is actually very little help here. I'm still waiting on a decision for my side, where I will get a whopping $1087 if/when approved. Texas itself has seem to have gutted its program for the disabled. I used to get help, which wasn't much, and had to fight tooth and nail to get it. Ended up stopping because it shouldn't be a constant battle.

Basic medicaid would take $150 out of check which mean I'd get less than $900 a month. Thankfully I have insurance through my husband, which for both of us is $240 a month, which also covers a lot more without having to add things on to and cost more money.

The USA is a country that cares more about its money than its people. Hell this last year a lot of people agreed with just getting rid of social security altogether.
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NomisD [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Wow it does sound like a hassle. Thanks for sharing, and lets hope it will become easier with Biden/Bernie.
KillerLag 2 points 2y ago
Canada here. It primarily depends on the provinces. Some provinces have funding for equipment (the Assistive Devices Program in Ontario will fund for 75% of eligible equipment), while others don't. There are also social welfare programs, although that can vary wildly depending on many factors.
NomisD [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Sounds more or less the same as where i am from. But it does sound better than your neighbours to the south :)
niamhweking 2 points 2y ago
Ireland seems good too, we're only a decade into the system, but with NCBI, good educational supports (teachers lack knowledge about VI and lots of disabled children looking for the same resources but in general it's good), there are good financial supports from government too. There is alot of ignorance within the general public though
NomisD [OP] 1 points 2y ago
I do think, since blindess is relatively rare, and receding with medical advances, compared to 50 years ago, that ignorance in the public will continue simply due to the fact that it is not something they deal with in their daily lives. But really nice to hear there is a general improvement overall.
niamhweking 1 points 2y ago
Funnily I've been reading that VI is on the increase, CVI especially, also due to higher survival rates for premature babies, and not really blaming screens but 1st world children and adults are not training their distance vision due to how indoors our life is
Only1lunatica 1 points 2y ago
Danish here and we're all right, we get extra compensation when studying because most of us won't be able to have a part time job at the same time (and we'd need to pay for rent/food/being alive).

If needed we are permitted a "by-stander" to help us with things we can't handle in our work, (they get paid by the government) and we still need to do the majority of the workload obviously. also if you're disabled you have to put it on your cv and they have to meet you for an interview, they don't have to care but we're a generally polite nation.

however our unemployment benefits are not worth two pots of piss so it's a give and take, I guess
NomisD [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Ja, jeg kommer selv heromkring fra haha.
Men det ser da ud til vi kommer fra steder hvor der alligevel er noget mere hjælp at hente
Only1lunatica 1 points 2y ago
jep jeg syntes til gengæld også lille DK er god til at have lede linjer (i de større byer) og bip ved lyskryds, så det er også små ting der gør er forskel
NomisD [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Ja i det store hele har vi det meget godt herhjemme ;)
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
It’s good. We have the RNIB here in the UK.
DrillInstructorJan 2 points 2y ago
I honestly don't know if it's just me, but I always get the impression that RNIB wants everyone to behave like an 80 year old macular degeneration victim, listen to audiobooks on casette, get meals on wheels and sit at home wearing beige. I wouldn't think less of anyone for taking what they can from them but all I've ever used them for is cheap emergency canes.
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
Yeah, I get that. Their support is good but their products are overly priced.
Amonwilde 0 points 2y ago
Good? Sorry, that's a big question.
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