The Cost of Accessibility

It can be expensive to live life with a disability

Kelly Dawson
Gay Mag
Published in
9 min readNov 5, 2019

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Illustration by Christina Yoseph

TThree old pairs of shoes cost $125.87 to be made “new” again. The total is routinely surprising, even though I’ve spent it many times, and I always try not to let the surprise show on my face. Instead, I carefully inspect the shoes my shoe guy holds up for me, noting the stains and scuffs, making jokes about how dirty they are. I tell…

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Kelly Dawson
Gay Mag

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