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I appreciate that you don't do the toxic positivity thing. It always seemed so hollow to me. Alice Wong, a disability activist with spinal muscle atrophy is very frank about things, as well. You both have a lovely, authentic way of writing.

I also live in NYC, and 2 years ago I broke my leg badly. Suddenly, a huge chunk of the city just wasn't accessible to me. Elevators hardly ever work in subway stations, the flooding, the endless stairs...Do/did you enjoy the city? What's your experience as a New Yorker been?

For real! Every time I see elders or people with crutches trying to get up and down those steep metal staircases, I just think 'we can do better than this. This is a choice we actively make to not do better than this'. Of course we do better than red states, but it's so inadequate.