 Second, the fact that some people with disabilities require more assistance than most nondisabled people to achieve their life goals does not mean that disabilities must pose a barrier to intimacy. Intimate relationships often impose special demands on participants unrelated to disability. An individual with expensive projects or commitments may cost significantly more to befriend or marry, but unless those projects and commitments are extravagant or all-consuming, we would not see them as a general barrier to intimacy. Likewise, even in an Internet age, it may be more costly to maintain friendships with people who live in remote areas. Yet we tend to see those costs as incidental to the relationships we form, even if they limit them in ways we may regret (Amundson 2005).