, Fludd is investigating critical ways that the pandemic is inhibiting access to essential services within the disability community.
"Due to a lot of processes being transitioned to online platforms, not all the websites are accessible to people with disabilities," Fludd wrote in an email."The lack of access to pertinent information, especially regarding COVID-19, leaves out an entire part of our communities. Also, access to affordable internet, devices, and technical assistance exclude the disabled community from achieving the quality of life they deserve.
Swenor's research team collects quantitative data on the pandemic's unique impacts on folks with different disabilities and uses those findings to implement inclusive public health policies. One discovery was that companies are not adequately accommodating people with visual impairments now that the vast majority of our work and life has moved to the virtual space.
"[The pandemic] has elevated inequities in our society for many groups and certainly for disability," explained Swenor."These equities mean more at this moment for the disability community. As someone [who's] visually impaired, I feel the impact, and I understand how early in the pandemic, disability wasn't fully being part of the conversation."Swenor also mentioned that some policy groups are including disability advocacy.
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