Great article and a good reminder to focus on accessibility. There's good news though. Although being disabled is difficult, it is less difficult now than at a

Great article and a good reminder to focus on accessibility. There's good news though. Although being disabled is difficult, it is less difficult now than at any other period in history. The amount of awareness, accommodation, accessibility focus, etc is maximum right now and it's only going to continue. It's important to keep this progress in mind as we work to further improve things. Another point is that people living with disabilities have years or decades of expertise, something that someone "cosplaying" (to use the author's word) has no access to. A cosplayer wouldn't know which streets are easiest with a wheel chair or which companies have the most accessible websites. An actual disabled person has this sort of knowledge and would navigate it far better than a "tourist" There's lot of work to be done but it's important to acknowledge what's better than it may seem at first.