There are a lot of disability services in New York city, though that doesn't mean that it isn't supremely expensive and inconvenient to have a disability. The subway system is not very accessible, particularly to people in wheelchairs, as not every station is required to have ramps/elevators. They have to rely on the bus system, which is slower. Also we all feel bad about it, but we HATE when people with wheelchairs need to get on the bus, because the bus has to come to a full stop, the driver has to get out, put out the ramp, wheel the person in, buckle them in, pull up the ramp, and then restart the bus. Easily takes 5 minutes. My friends in wheelchairs hate it too, because they're self-conscious about how long it takes and how everyone is seething at them.

I used to work on 23rd and 7th, which is Chelsea, and there was housing for the blind between my subway stop and my office, so I would have to look out for literally "not putting a stumbling block before the blind" i.e. bumping into them. The first 20 times you can't help but feel self-conscious about it.

- devilofmidtownwest