Inquiry 3: "Examined Life"

I would like to know when this interview took place, because it seems outdated. If this conversation took place recently as in the last 5 years, I would have to say I don't think I would agree with some of what Sunaura Taylor says about society accepting and interacting with disabled people. Personally I have never been anywhere up north, but I know for sure here in Louisiana there is never a side walk without the "ramps" needed by people in wheelchairs, and it's state law that any risen public building has to have ramp access for disabled people in wheel chairs. But I think when Ms. Taylor refers to people "not knowing how to help or interact with the disabled", I think she's mistaken. I don't think its the fact that they don't know how to help, it's that they don't want to. People in today's world are very selfish and rude when it comes to helping people, especially complete strangers. Back a long time ago, it was normal and usual for people to hold doors open for other people and lend a helping hand when another's were full or unable...but now-a-days people are always rushing and don't have time to stop and help. Here in the South (from what I've heard from other people) it is more common to see a gentleman hold doors and offer help than it is up north. But all this scenario changes on when this interview took place. If it took place a longer time ago, yeah I can see where she's coming from about the accessibility being available for people like her. But I still don't think that it's a matter of people not knowing how to help. Seeing someone in a wheelchair is not an intimidating circumstance, especially when compared to other disabilities such as blindness, retardation, and people who can not hear. Yeah people may look at her funny when she does odd things with her mouth, and that was a point I did agree with, the fact that there is a set of "rules" that our body parts are suppose to function by. I'm not real sure there's any question I want to "inquire" about, but I do know it makes me think about our present government. Everything is about minority/majority. The majority of people are able-bodied, therefore leaving disable people in the minority. And because of this there is not a need to have these "disabled-assisting" features within society, or cities (ramps, etc.). And anyone who is considered a minority in government always feels like they're being unaccepted or unimportant or whatever because they're different and require different needs than the majority.