-To increase the accuracy of the public’s perception of homelessness
Contributors are designated by number only for the day on which what we have to say is published; the numbers aren’t permanent identifiers.
The anonymity is to protect the identities of contributors, who have every reason to fear retaliation from the shelters which are supposed to help us, and from the shelters as employers.
June 29, 2019
Homeless Human 1:
June 29, 2019
Homeless Human 1:
The last time that I was at Woods-Mullen Shelter, I fell out
of my wheelchair and it rolled on top of me.
I was trapped and yelling for help.
The staff just stood there. The
security guard even walked over to me and told me “You can’t lie there like that.” I
called the Fire Department from my phone.
When people from the Fire Department got to the shelter and helped me, they asked
the staff why they hadn’t helped. The
staff told me that their supervisor had told them not to.
Copyright Homeless Humans, June 29, 2019
