A common trope is that people with disabilities cannot walk and need to drive, and therefore any policy that might inconvenience drivers constitutes ableism. Does the data on the travel patterns of people with disabilities back this up?

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According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, people with disabilities are less likely to own cars, more likely to use buses and trains, and about equally likely to walk compared to other Americans.
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"If we want more equity for the disabled, we should make walking and public transit easier."

Michael Lewyn does a deep dive on the data in @planetizen: https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/112000-cars-transit-and-disabled

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