tayloline29 t1_iy1layp wrote on November 28, 2022 at 1:25 AM

Reply to LPT if you struggle with depression or other disorders preventing ADLs, you don't have to eat a full meal or even get into the shower in order to have tiny successes. by nip_pickles

There are also disposable washcloths with soap used in hospitals and that people also use camping that are really nice. Some are self warming.

tayloline29 t1_iy1jvhi wrote on November 28, 2022 at 1:13 AM

Reply to comment by CurtisT19 in LPT if you struggle with depression or other disorders preventing ADLs, you don't have to eat a full meal or even get into the shower in order to have tiny successes. by nip_pickles

Keep those dental picks with the floss laying around. I floss all the time now after a couple of months of picking one up whenever I was bored and thought about needing to brush but couldn't function to do that much activity.

tayloline29 t1_ixhu4f2 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 3:39 PM

Reply to comment by CaptainSpeedbird1974 in Disabilities organizations, individuals sue DC over new bike lane designs by ekkidee

Thank you. I couldn't figure out what was the issue because it's really rather rare that disabled people would fight bike lanes because when they are designed to be access. They make getting around as wheelchair user so much easier.

tayloline29 t1_ixccqyb wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:25 AM

Reply to comment by Available-Subject-33 in How do you find out whether companies manufacture their products morally and sustainably? by Dokayn

A non comprehensive list of the companies that fall under a regulatory body and are known to use prison labor.

IBM, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T, Wireless, Texas Instrument, Dell, Compaq, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel, Lucent Technologies, 3Com, Intel, Northern Telecom, TWA, Nordstrom’s, Revlon, Macy’s, Pierre Cardin, Target Stores

While a small percentage of prison labor lies within one specific federally-regulated program, the vast majority exists in state, federal, and private prisons that have no centralized regulatory body. Prison labor is pervasive in the United States penal system, but the extent to which that labor is used to supply American corporations with goods and services is shrouded in secrecy.

tayloline29 t1_ix8ss15 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Reply to comment by ComprehensiveRow4189 in How do you find out whether companies manufacture their products morally and sustainably? by Dokayn

Most manufacturing in the US is done through legalized slavery, it's made by people in prison paid 25 cents on the dollar, so if it says made in the US it was 9 times out of 10 made using legalized slavery. Also almost nothing is actually made in the US. The parts are manufactured in factories and sweatshops in south east Asia and sent to the USA to be assembled likely by people in prison or by job training programs for disabled people (that are exploitive and pay under minimum wage). Loads and loads of made in the US brands use this loophole so they can plaster made in the US their goods.

The marketing strategy, "made in the US", was concocted some in the mid 90s in an effort to quell the public anger towards the use of sweat shop labor. The made in the US tag was there to ensure the consumer that these are high quality good, not made in inhumane conditions and people bought and buy that lie hook line and sinker.

So looking for stuff made in the US doesn't really tell you much.

The slogan and marketing campaign were and are meant to