Guilty (of "strawman") as charged--I didn't intend to argue, though.

I thought OP was asking for an emotional response to the article. I don't have time to dig into all the reasons one might have an intuitively negative response to something, but usually can figure out something logical if time permits.

To me, the gold mine/nugget analogy is offensive. I appreciate the author is trying to make a pro-disability statement, but it comes off (again, to me) as insensitive. YMMV. smile