It is so nice to know that more of the "different" ones will be be treated better in the future.

Fewer people will slip through the cracks. But good change is necessary so that can happen!

There's resistance to change. It sometimes surprises and disappoints you who ends up being resistant. People you would have thought wouldn't have been that way when you were younger might end up disappointing you. 

People can be terribly old-fashioned when they have something at stake, and when they're trying to protect themselves. But we cannot all accommodate their egos just to get access to some of resources that they have.

I am not supposed to disregard my own experiences, am I? To accommodate whose egos? In exchange for what, exactly?