Disabled people need to realise the only way to improve their lot is to take a leaf out of the trans movement's book and start an equality movement. There is power in large numbers, and more power in getting aggressive. The civil rights movement in America was not successful off the back of inaction, those rights were hard fought and hard won.
So you're not very up on disabled rights history then? Because you've implied disabled people are just sitting on our arses not fighting when in reality, disabled people have been fighting for our rights for years. We already have pressure groups etc. But the nature of being disabled means that we can't do things at the same intensity as other groups of people. And it's not sexy so doesn't get the same level of news coverage as other minority groups.
Do you really think disabled people are not fighting as hard as we can, every bloody day, for every little thing we have? Do you really think we just need to try harder and magically all our problems would be solved? Because that's ablist rhetoric right there. The fight for daily living takes precedence over everything else and for many of us it's all consuming. And when we push back, we are just dismissed, pushed aside, told we're hysterical or unstable when we stand up for ourselves. Or the worst one, when someone grabs the handles on the back of your wheelchair and just moves you out of the way without your consent.
no one complained... Oh yes they bloody did! We're tired of complaining. We're tired. We are disabled. We do not have the same abilities and often stamina as able-bodied people. I mean the clue's in the name.