Thanks, Logan and colleagues for shining a light on how the pandemic has adversely impacted students with disabilities. I have noticed these inequities manifested so strongly in my students with invisible disabilities. This is definitely something on which a more focused discussion is warrented!

Thank you Logan. As I did my dissertation research for my Ph.D. on this topic, Postsecondary students with disabilities and higher education faculty accommodations, I appreciate your video! As an adult graduate student with a learning disability, I can relate to the struggles of being taught concepts without the appropriate accommodations and aching to understand the material.  In my recent Qualitative study, there are more students with disabilities requesting services and the professors are not trained adequately to employ the strategies. This is even more difficult to provide equal access to higher education. Thank you for your research. 

Thank you for tackling this important topic! It is far too often the case that we overlook these learners, and it makes (sad) sense that the rapid transitions in Covid only made things worse. I'm curious if you also encountered any novel solutions that technologies like Zoom might have enabled. For instance, you note that it was harder to access note takers (I actually had a notetaker from my school's office of disability services in my Zoom classrooms for one learner). BUT... since Zoom can generate session recordings and transcripts, does that in any way replace or reduce the need for a note taker?

This is a great topic. Thank you for creating an awareness for equity in online learning environments. The pandemic sure made an impact on the way traditional teaching and learning is done, and it seems that some classes will remain to be taught in an online platform in the future. What do you think universities should be doing now to offer these courses in an equitable way?

Thanks Logan for exploring this issue. I'd be curious to hear about what students said as far as their own strategies for success. As they faced these challenges, what actions or tips would they suggest to other students with disabilities. Our programs offer mentoring communities for STEM students with disabilities, and it would be fun to share this information broadly with students.

Thank you for sharing this important work! What suggestions do you have to help improve online STEM instruction in ways that are more inclusive?

Great video, Logan!

I loved learning about your work! 

These stories are really important and it is great that your work is able to highlight these issues. Do we know how widespread these problems are? For example, do you know if requests for accommodations or support higher or lower than pre-covid?

I learned through this video that ALL departments needed to reach out to students during the transition to online learning. Academic Affairs, Financial Aid, Testing Services, Student Activities, and most especially, Disabilities Resources. As colleges and universities navigated this rather large change to delivery of instruction all departments needed to find ways to assist students. Well done video.

Great topic and great video.  I agree that ALL departments needed to to reach out. How can the special education programs In IHEs  assist the Disability Resource Centers in ensuring that every student with disability has the needed accommodations? What are some suggestions you have for improving this situation? What were some of the challenges experienced by these centers of resources? Just curious to know more about these questions.

I was viewing this video thinking of all the undergraduate interns we now have who either completed entire internships virtually (Summer and Fall 2020) or have had hybrid internships (Spring and Summer 2021). I get the feeling from my 7+ years of mentoring interns, that interns aren't always good at advocating for themselves. They don't want to be the squeaky wheel. I'll share this video with my colleagues at the museum--we need to raise the awareness of the inherent pros and cons the virtual and open up a space to talk about what it means for all of us, but especially interns who may have a disability.