Comic creator John G reflects on how his response to the lack of accessibility in clubs and music venues is different now than when he first started going to punk and underground shows and playing in bands. Back then friends, band mates and random metal heads carried him and his wheelchair up and down flights of steps.

With rare exceptions, John no longer goes to places — clubs, restaurants or shops — if he can’t get in and out on his own. The pandemic cemented for him that the lack of thought given to accessibility for people with disabilities was a “low key indicator” of the way people with disabilities would be considered expendable.

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