#faking disability
I cannot put into words how much I do not care about people who ‘fake being disabled for benefits’ cause a) it’s wildly blown out of proportion, is a very damaging rhetoric and is a huge waste of time and resources b) I do not trust the government to decide or be able to tell who is and who isn’t 'faking’ and c) if someone is going through that much hassle for such a comparatively small reward then they probably need the money and I’d rather they have it than not.
Oooohhhhhh PPPRRRREEEEEAAAACCCCHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Also, do y'all know how BORING being disabled/chronically ill and not being able to do stuff can be? Every “normal” person quits after a few months because there are only so many movies/TV series to watch, online games to play, books to read, records to sort, cupboards/closets to empty and rearrange, stuff to do around the house, blankets to knit… Believe me. (Insertion: Would I be glad to be able to do all that.)
So you wanna go outside at some point. But guess what: Ppl will ask you what you’re doing outside during daytime when everybody else is working. So you should be able to explain what kind of disability you have. And then ppl will ask you: But… It can’t be that bad, you’re able to take a walk, so why aren’t you working?! Well… Believe me! You’ll only be able to have that conversation a few times before you get super annoyed and try to stay at home (because you’ll meet ppl who know you literally everywhere and every time you’ll have to explain that, yes, you’re still disabled/sick, and no, you’re not better yet, and also no, you’re still not able to work). But at home it’s boring again.
In conclusion: Even if somebody was trying to fake it, they wouldn’t be able to keep the scheme up for very long because basically, non-disabled ppl don’t have the eagerness to do it. It needs a lot of physical and emotional strength to be disabled - it is almost impossible to fake it over a long period of time.
