If anyone is wondering why I haven’t blogged about this news that a disabled woman was unable to collect her Freedom of the City award because there were steps up to the stage, the truth is I didn’t see the point. I thought about noting it here when I first heard the story last night, but then I decided not to. Why would I? Things like this happen so often and with such regularity that they hardly constitute news. Wheelchair users are constantly denied access to events like this – access needs to such prestigious award ceremonies are almost always forgotten about. It happened at both my graduation ceremonies, and dozens of other events I can tell you about. Thus I didn’t find this news surprising in the slightest, and find it noteworthy only because it happens so pathetically regularly.