People with disabilities are so often not considered or only minimally so in almost everything that happens in society.
Natural disasters amplify that.
A terrifying recounting here by a man who fled the fires in his wheelchair on the street, as wheelchair-accessible cars couldn’t get to him and the sidewalks were inaccessible.
Most of us will be disabled at some point in life, even if only temporarily due to an illness or surgery.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/fleeing-california-wildfires-los-angeles
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