What does Eugenics mean?

Being vulnerable in a worldwide Pandemic is not fun.

At first, I felt helpful! Like I could share the skills I had developed from being housebound. Then I felt hopeful- that people would finally understand and even be able to empathise with my experiences. Too quickly, however, I found myself feeling left out again. Unable to get online shopping slots, or government aid, because my disability doesn’t count?! Frustrated that remote learning, leisure, work and hospital appointments that had been denied to the disabled community for so long were not only possible but being put in practice across the world. Then. Heartbreak. That we were treated as if we were disposable. Told we were less worthy: ‘Only vulnerable people will be affected, only old, only sick, only those with underlying health conditions’. My life matters less. When lockdown eased, access was removed. Disabled parking spaces and entrances cordoned off, people actively choosing not to wear masks, choosing not to distance, choosing to put people’s lives in danger for a night out drinking. While people are sacrificing, shielding, grieving, dying… others are choosing not to think. Choosing to let disabled people suffer and die because they see us as less valuable. This is eugenics in action.

My opinion on Survival of the Fittest