India, March 6 -- As a wheelchair user, Hasitha Illa strongly advocates for diversity and inclusion. A skilled speaker and blogger, she is now an author as well.

Have you ever felt restricted in some way or felt like a particular space is inaccessible to you? Take something as simple as an unclean toilet at one's workplace. It can cause us discomfort and make us feel unwelcome and unsafe.

Accessibility issues are often faced more by certain groups such as women, and economically weaker sections of society, as well as by minorities such as disabled persons, LGBTQ and immigrants in a new country.

It is often argued whether such groups should receive consideration, many activists assert that a welfare state should focus on providing human...