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Being disabled isn't a matter of if but when for everyone. Expecting everyone to be able to drive literally tons of metal at high speeds around for ever is losing bet. Heck people with no current disability can't do it all the time.
To be fair, if you live in a place completely dependent on cars, what else can you do?
In the 79 years before turning 97, she could have not voted for policymakers who push car dependency and urban sprawl.
This will be fun when future generations blame literally all of us for climate change.
Well, sucks to be her
Free taxi for elders provided by a city council.
Just fucking give us public transport that is actually useful please
The same thing all the other people who can't drive do: employ services or move to a place you can live in.
What a uselessly privileged comment. You can't possibly be making it in good faith, but on the off chance you really are that removed from reality:
Suggesting that a 97 year old person should "just move, bro" is ridiculous. It's a ridiculous suggestion for most people, regardless of age; most people are way too poor to hire a ride-share every day, or pick up and move their whole life at a whim.
I don't think it is ridiculous that an older person should move to have their needs met. That is pretty much the entire point of retirement homes and communities, they are more centered around the needs of seniors. You also hear people talk about "this will be ny retirement home" which is often a much smaller place than they would have had before.
I won't deny there are many other costs related to moving and the whole retirement home business has been getting exploitative but historically moving was actually a really good solution to her issues.
It's also not even a possibility. Properly walkable (for all abilities) neighbourhoods hardly exist in Australia.
this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2024
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