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Are we so cold hearted, that we lack compassion?

No. I think we are so cheap that we don’t get a professional photographer. What we get is the same photo type we got in my second grade class photo in 1962. The photographer is not there to be creative. He’s there to get a shot of the class in the photo. Is there a kid in a wheelchair? shove him to the side of the bench and get the shot. Now, get back to class, kids so I can set up the shot for Mrs. Phillips’ fifth grade class picture.

It’s not about compassion.

No. I think we are so cheap that we don’t get a professional photographer. What we get is the same photo type we got in my second grade class photo in 1962.

That is the key. A few schools hire professionals with real talent, but most schools hire the hack who charges the least. That rookie knows that some parents will buy the class picture, no matter what, and others won't - again no matter what. Why bother working to get a good shot or accommodating differences such as the kid in the wheel chair, when you make the same money for a mindless point-and-click, not to mention that he probably doesn't have the talent to do better?

It's not insensitivity to disabilities, just insensitivity to everyone and everything, an unprofessional attitude.