COVID Has Shown that Everyone has an Interest in Disability Rights

COVID has universalized the long struggle of disabled people for humane workplace and school accommodations.

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union and their supporters participate in a car caravan around City Hall to protest against in-person learning in Chicago public schools on January 10, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES

The COVID pandemic has been a traumatic and revelatory historic experience for everyone, but especially so for disabled communities. On one hand, the virus appears to have…