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Here's a good source from a journel:Note: this seems accurate from talking to many disabled folk. I'm sure being that environmental issues effect the disabled harder then most if they could use alternatives some would. It's just some can't use any but single use straws. I dont know much about the source of graphic but again I've talked to many disabled folk. Many wish they could use alternitives but have to stick with plastic cause it's the most accessible option due to many of the reasons listed. I can find some more resources if anyone is interested. I just didn't feel like looking up more sources that I've seen if no one cares about the topic.
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The common and repeated narrative of, ‘well, can’t they just use paper/glass/silicone/metal straws’, makes three key assumptions. The first is that disabled people can easily use alternatives. With help from writer and artist sb. smith in recreating a graphic they created in 2018, we show in Figure 1 the myriad complications ‘just using a ____ straw’ presents to disabled people. Disabled people’s inability to position certain straws, their risk as choking hazards, the inability to use them for hot liquids, and possible injury from the poking of one’s mouth are just some problems disabled people face when presented with plastic straw alternatives