Sociology
The Social Construction of Disability and the Politics of Accessibility
Quick fact
Physical disabilities are often less disabling than the world we build around them: a wheelchair user is disabled by a stairway, not by their body; the civil rights model of disability led to legislation like the Americans with Disabilities Act, which mandates accessibility as a civil right.
Why this is interesting
Imagine a world where a step is the enemy. Why do we blame the person in the wheelchair instead of the step?