Ableism In Subway

A piece of technology that I use in my everyday life and would like to improve would be the subway. Every subway station in New York City does not have elevator access for people who are disabled. I believe that the lack of access to elevators pushes forth the concept of Ableism, “the term used for a social ideology under which able-bodiedness is privileged, often resulting in discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities” (). If it were up to me, I would implement elevator access in all subway stations to abate the treatment of disabled as inferior to the non-disabled. I do not believe that a person should be characterized by their disabilities in this manor and I want to be able to help with the process in deconstructing