Assistive technology as a back door to normalizing use for able bodied people is a pretty common playbook at this point. AirPods use a ton of tech pioneered in the hearing aid, for example, and a lot of consumers were put off by them initially, but 10 years later they’ve become incredibly normalized.

So as much as I agree with you that people with paralysis are an optimal case, it’s good to be careful about allowing public perception to slowly morph over time

If anyone is, yes it would be executives. I think again it depends on the industry. You won’t catch a tech ceo dead in suit unless they’re testifying in front of congress, for example. But in more traditional industries yes

Most office jobs, no. Certain industries are hold outs, but it’s very rare to see office workers in suits nowadays

535 bodies in congress, somehow zero spines