Consider how Wong responds to those who say she can just ask for a plastic straw: “Restaurants can provide plastic straws upon request for medical reasons . … What people don’t understand with bans...

Consider how Wong responds to those who say she can just ask for a plastic straw: “Restaurants can provide plastic straws upon request for medical reasons . … What people don’t understand with bans like this is that having to ask for a plastic straw puts an unfair burden, and scrutiny, on people with disabilities” (par. 12). What effect does the phrase “what people don’t understand” have on you as a reader? Do you think you are one of the people Wong is calling out? Why or why not?