PDX Disabled Support
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Our Mission
We hope to encourage long-term, stable caregiving relationships and ongoing accountability in the community through this program. Let's form long-lasting relationships with community members who are committed to disability justice, anti-racism, abolition and anti-oppression. We ask our care workers to commit to not calling the police, in an effort to dismantle racist institutions and form our own systems.
Caregiving is an intimate act, one that involves trust and understanding, often at people’s most vulnerable moments.
Trust is important.
Hubs & Pods
What is a Hub?
Hubs are support centers —delivery, supply, wellness, emotional and others— that are based on the personalized care plans of the disabled people of each pod.
What is a Pod?
A community care pod is a small collaborative group of disabled people, advocates, and care workers based on geographical location, cultural background or previous relationships. Each pod self-organizes and co-creates a space that works best for them to balance accountability, accessibility needs, language, and taking care of themselves.
Interested in getting involved?
Join PDX Disabled Support!
English
Care is not a binary. As a mutual aid project, we encourage disabled people to interact with and contribute to care pods and hubs as they can, noting that this will be different for everyone. If you wish to join, please fill out the mutual aid form below. We will get back to you as soon as possible. If you are or know a non-English or Limited English Proficiency speaker, someone who speaks a sign language, or if you need access support and would like to join, please still contact us to let us know, by calling us at (971) 209-2954. We can interpret to/from English, French, Spanish, and Russian, and we will do our best to connect them with an interpreter that will facilitate their access to information on this website as well as filling out the form. If this person does not speak any of these four languages, we will do our best to connect them with a person who speaks their language.
Español
Si eres una persona que, o si conoces a alguien que: no habla inglés, tiene conocimientos limitados del inglés, habla una lengua de señas, o que necesita apoyo para acceder a la información del sitio y unirse a PDX Disabled Support, por favor contáctanos para decírnoslo, llamándonos al (971) 209-2954. Haremos todo lo posible para conectarte o conectar a la persona que conoces con una alguien que habla su idioma para apoyarle.
Français
Si tu es ou si tu connais une personne qui: ne parle pas anglais, a un niveau de compétence linguistique limité de l’anglais, parle une langue des signes, ou qui a besoin d’appui pour accéder à l’information du site et se joindre à PDX Disabled Support, appelle-nous au (971) 209-2954 pour nous le dire. Nous ferons tout notre possible pour te connecter ou connecter la personne que tu connais avec quelqu’un qui parle ta/sa langue.
Hа Pусском
Если вы являетесь не носителем английского языка или носителем с неограниченным знанием английского языка или владеете им не полностью, владеете языком жестов или знаете, что вам нужна поддержка, и вы хотели бы присоединиться, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами, чтобы сообщить нам об этом, позвонив нам по телефону (971) 209-2954. Мы сделаем все возможное, чтобы связать вас с человеком, который говорит на вашем или их языке.