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We maybe should help this lady and send in donations to her to lessen the effect of disability on her health and finances.

I don't think The Guardian would run a scam or misrepresent her story to make us feel sorry for her and bad about ourselves (collective guilt). Maybe we should contact the journo who authored this peace and ask him/her how we can help her or get into contact with her to discuss the matter.

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It would be nice. And at one point, I needed such benefits and was really grateful. But I'm sure you can find many stories of worse circumstances every day. Should The Guardian have a donate link at the bottom of every story about someone unfortunate? Would the money be better spent trying to get things changed?

It was only a suggestion, not mandatory. I just noticed that the discussion was heading into the usual "intellectually stimulating" HN route where people arguing over occupational safety & industrial regulations and away from the poor lady that lost both her hands stripping her from a very crucial income source for the rest of her life.

This organization can probably help her directly with the prosthetic hands: http://www.ln-4.org/

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