BAND SPACES ARE NOT SAFE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE.
Not because we haven’t spoken up.
We have. Repeatedly.
Quietly.
Loudly.
Through pain, burnout, fear of being pushed out.
But no one listens.
Not until someone who isn’t disabled says the exact same thing - and suddenly it matters.
Suddenly, it's “a valid concern.”
Suddenly, people care.
We’ve been asking for:
* ⚠️ Strobe warnings
* 🪑 Seated options
* 🧠 Quiet/sensory spaces
* ♿ Basic access
For years.
And we've been met with silence. Shrugs. Eye-rolls.
“You're just being dramatic.”
“This isn’t a show for people like you.”
But the moment an abled voice says
“hey, maybe they have a point,”
People act like it’s brand new information.
Disabled people don’t become believable when abled people speak.
They’ve been telling the truth the whole time.
If you only start caring about accessibility when it’s repeated by someone without those needs, you’re not being inclusive.
You’re just comfortable with erasing us.
