@autobunny - IMHO, Maslow's hierarchy of needs is overestimated 
Handy quote from Wikipedia: "As Uriel Abulof argues, "The continued resonance of Maslow's theory in popular imagination, however unscientific it may seem, is possibly the single most telling evidence of its significance: it explains human nature as something that most humans immediately recognize in themselves and others." Still, academically, Maslow's theory is heavily contested."
"The first four of Maslow's classical five rungs feature nothing exceptionally human. Even when it comes to "self-actualization," Abulof argues, it is unclear how distinctively human is the actualizing "self." After all, the latter, according to Maslow, constitutes "an inner, more biological, more instinctoid core of human nature," thus "the search for one's own intrinsic, authentic values" checks the human freedom of choice: "A musician must make music," so freedom is limited to merely the choice of instrument."
Meanwhile closer to home
https://stomp.straitstimes.com/singapore-seen/visually-impaired-tissue-seller-seen-reading-newspaper-in-tampines-says-hes-not-a