yep, the curb cut effect is a well-researched and documented phenomenon [0] across ADA development in all aspects of the world.

accessibility work isn't just about making things possible for folks with disabilities, it's about making things better for everyone.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut_effect

Another way to think of this is that everybody occasionally needs to do something unusual. But some people, due to their life circumstances, always need to do something unusual. And making things better for the always-odd folk is also a positive to the occasionally-odd folk.

Which like, we're all eventually gonna be odd folk! That's what age does to us. But we should understand these accommodations as being a net positive, not a cost, to society.