In December 2020, Imani Barbarin (responding to a TikTok by Ram Danielle on the long term effects of Covid) created a TikTok post (@crutches_and_spice) in which she powerfully stated, “I cant stress this to you all enough, but Covid-19 is a mass disabling event. People are becoming disabled because of Covid19. This society, America in Particular, is not prepared for it—at all.” — Mara Mills
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TikToker Ram Danielle (@ramdanielle) asks: “If you’ve had COVID, what are some of the long-term effects that you have experienced?”
Imani Barbarin (@crutches_and_spice) responds: “I can’t stress this to you all enough, but COVID-19 is a mass-disabling event. People are becoming disabled because of COVID-19. This society, America in particular, is not prepared for it—at all.
New York City, alone is rate the least accessible city in the country, consistently. Only 5% of homes in the United States are accessible to disabled people—5%!!! There are people leaving the hospital with amputations, kidney failure and breathlessness who won’t be able to return to their homes because they’re not accessible…”