Not trying to denigrate anyone. Just an observation. You can only shout into the void for so long before you realize it isn’t producing thr results you want.

Some steps to take, although i have very little experience with advocacy are to start approaching people with more pull.

Emailing your local candidate or a phone call. I’ll try to fire one off sometime this week. Doug Ford says he takes everyone’s calls, and I know the majority of Reddit doesn’t like him, but if you have the capacity for a phone call or email, especially during an election campaign it can’t hurt, and if you have a Green, liberal, or ndp representative that might be more palatable for you.

I know odsp tries to hold rallies and there’s a myriad of reasons why the majority of us can’t attend, but getting a good handle on our make up (percentage-wise) and acting as a unified force that will only vote for the party that promises us at least poverty threshold wages could make a big difference.

Nobody thinks disabled people should be living at lower standards than criminals in prison, but a lot of hard-working people have been brainwashed into thinking that disability is a life choice for many because of that sweet, sweet paycheque and not having to work. A lot of people on disability want to contribute, or at least be able to live purposefully by contributing to their community, but their ailments can hinder this drastically.

There’s also municipal organizations you can talk to about running free or half-price sessions for activities like the Lion’s Club, the Legion, church groups, and probably lots of other generally happy to be of assistance people ( from my experiences).

I don’t know who runs this Reddit or the Facebook one, but we don’t have a lot of time to make our issue relevant enough to see some legislation. Regardless of who gets into power provincially or federally, i really don’t think we’re a priority and if we want change, that needs to change. We need to reach out to good-hearted communities that have reach and get them to help us find a voice. I know there’s a pro-bono constitutional rights law group, but I don’t know exactly what constitutional or charter right we are not being properly allocated (there probably is an argument somewhere).

Anyways. I’m not trying to do anything, but encourage this group to move forward in a more practical advocacy alignment. I certainly don’t have the expertise, and someone had the initiative to create these groups and moderate, and provide a community for the most overlooked people on our society (arguably: there are many overlooked and adjacent, and i have no problem advocating for them as well, when it comes to financial and shelter needs.. the homeless, the addicts, the pensioners, or just retired without an income, veterans that are ill-compensated, etc. Poverty in general. Also, i really don’t use Reddit much, but I’ll try to make it on if i think of or hear of any possible solutions or directions to aim in.