Several years ago my brother Jake, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy as well\u00a0and also uses an electric wheelchair, coined the phrase “Disability Perks” to describe some of the lucky happenings that occur for us while travelling or going to events, as if we are members of an exclusive perks club. \u00a0One such story is that Jake was going to get tickets for a Flight of the Conchords concert in town. \u00a0The day the tickets went on sale Jake was waiting in line to purchase the tickets. \u00a0The ticket booth opened at 11 AM. \u00a0At 11:15 AM the ticket booth announced the event was sold out. \u00a0Jake glumly approached the window at 11:30, after the crowds had thinned, and casually asked “you wouldn’t happen to have any disabled seating left, would you”? \u00a0The ticket seller replied “Oh, we sure do”. \u00a0Jake ended up purchasing 4 tickets to the sold out event, as each accessible seat comes with a companion seat for the same price. \u00a0So Jake, our brother Ethan, one of Jake’s friends, and I all wound up going to an awesome\u00a0sold out concert by virtue of\u00a0having two wheelchair users in our group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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