The Kindness Of Strangers

I wish we lived in a Star Trek universe where every door opened automatically, complete with cool whooshing sound. Heavy manual doors are the bane of most wheelchair users’ lives. I always have someone with me, which makes things a little easier. It would be much more difficult getting around if I was alone. Minneapolis is better than most American cities in terms of accessibility, but there is still the occasional door or entryway that can be a real pain to navigate, even with another person accompanying me. If I had a dollar for every time I thanked someone for holding a door for me, I could buy out Microsoft. If we can engineer a robotic dog, surely we can devise a cheap and easy way for making every door automatic.