Looking to support a disabled graduate student?
Here’s how!
Mutual aid is a central tenant of crip praxis. Disabled, Mad, and chronically ill folks learn through experience that we are deeply dependent on others. Some dependencies, however, receive accommodation while others are erased, demeaned, or even punished. We are forever passing around the last few dollars in our accounts to pay for rides to appointments, medications, co-pays, and the innumerable other ways we are taxed for our beautiful bodyminds.
Current Needs
| Need | Cost (CAD) | Urgency |
|---|---|---|
| Walker | $500 | Moderate |
| Tuition | $270 | High |
| Pet deposit (apartment) | $950 | Low |
| Pet Adoption Fee | $200-500 | Low |
| Pet Savings | $2000 (goal) | Low |
As Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha writes in the acknowledgements of Care Work, “These ideas were crafted by collective disabled genius, science, and labor. I am not the one right kind of cripple, the kind that is convenient enough to nod at and ignore all the rest. I am all the rest.” In academe, we are trained to cite but rarely do we compensate. So much of our labor is expected to be free, but my ideas, my work, my dream-world-imagining emerges from real sacrifice. Most of it comes from the sacrifices of my disabled forebearers, chosen ancestors, and contemporary mentors, but it also is the fruit of my work. That work carriers immense cost for disabled people. If you have used my ideas, if they have helped you in some way, and you are able, below are ways to compensate me.
You can read more of my work and tip me on ko-fi:
Other Monetary Support
Venmo: hfacknitz
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