The idea of access in these examples means that everyone should be given the same opportunity to be comfortable physically and be comfortable with themselves. The article “Navigating Through Ableist Architecture” focuses on how disabled people struggle to be correctly accommodated for their situation. Anderson brings up the point that the Americans Disabilities Act (ADA) is a new litigation for America and hasn’t even been implemented in other countries yet. Considering how new this law is provides insight to the lack of access people with disabilities had. Before the ADA there were ugly laws that allowed for the separation of disabled and nondisabled people. Ugly laws were completely unethical practices; to discriminate based on a person’s ability and stifle their independence by not providing them with adequate resources simply does not make sense. Although there seems to be laws protecting against discrimination of disabled peoples, public places such as airports do not take the necessary actions to make sure a disabled individual has the same access to be comfortable as non disabled people. Airlines should provide special seating for those with disabilities just like any other form of public transportation. It is more important for an airline to have a disabled section because flying typically takes longer and is more stressful than riding a bus or train. Airports can go further in their assistance of disabled customers. Not only should they update their seating to provide more leg room but they can also arrange for more comfortable security passage for disabled persons.

Another group of people are often made to feel uncomfortable about the way they are “fat” people. Roxane Gay’s interview about how the world treats fat people is disheartening. Overweight and obese people are judged by society because of the way they look; to assume someone is lazy or stupid because they are bigger is horrible. Hearing about her story and why she began to put on weight is a prime example of why no one should be judged because you never know what anyone has gone through. Gay also mentions how difficult it is to be comfortable at airports because she is often questioned on why or why she did not buy two seats. Once again the access to comfortability is unavailable. Airlines making bigger seats for bigger people is a logical solution to this problem. It is unfair to have someone pay more for the same service because they are bigger than what society considers normal.

As a society we need to work harder to be aware that not everyone has the same access to being comfortable although things may seem equal. No one’s situation is the same therefore we should not treat it as such. I’m not sure of where to draw the line because who is to say how fair we can make our world. However, I am sure that we need to accommodate for different people.