Disabled People Aren’t Trying to “Control” or “Attack” You About COVID Precautions. It’s About Our Rights and Safety

Alana Saltz
4 min readAug 9, 2022

(Based on my Twitter threads from 8/6, 8/8, and 8/9.)

Conflicts I’ve had with people in my life over pandemic denial or minimizing have been some of the most difficult I’ve experienced. I see harm and want them to understand this is an issue that matters. Apathy and negligence have societal impacts. I’m concerned they don’t agree.

This disproportionately impacts marginalized and disabled people too. It’s…

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Alana Saltz

Writer, freelance editor, and disability rights activist. Bylines at WaPo, HuffPost, LA Times, Bustle. Founder and editor-in-chief of Blanket Sea Magazine.