Access
People always value what they have lost or what they have less access to. Access itself is such kind of thing. What people without disabilities often take for granted may be perceived invaluable by people with disabilities, like the access to a show, to a library, etc. It is hard for us to understand these feelings since we have never experienced lack of accessibility as people with disabilities do, since the world is always built in the way preferred by people without disabilities. However, the word “access” just gives us a chance to think about people with disabilities. “Do people with disability have access to this?” “Is this accessible?” By asking these kinds of questions, we put ourselves in their situations and think from their perspectives. And thus, if we examine the trend in the use of the word “access,” we may implicitly get an idea of whether society has paid more attention to people with disabilities and becomes more aware of their issues over the decades.