As we continue to move through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have learned that becoming acquainted with the disability justice framework of interdependence and collective access has become more important than ever. Disability is the one marginalized identity that all presently-abled bodies will experience as we age, and our bodies abilities’ naturally decline.

The socio-political contexts of the U.S. have allowed for injustices to compound for the most marginalized in previous decades before the emergence of the COVID-19 pathogen. With that in mind, we must reflect on the inequities of unequal access to protections for groups already suffering (E.g. BIPOC, low socioeconomic status, disabled, elderly, MAD, immunocompromised, neurodivergent etc). and how they’re disproportionately impacted by Covid-19. The disposability of these lives on the margins have been normalized by the tenets of white supremacy and through the ableist lens of “young/healthy” being unaffected by the virus.

This webinar will reflect on the intersections of disability justice, offer community navigational knowledge, and help us think of the ways in which we can build a more equitable future within the contexts of health decline and pandemics. Disability is something we will all navigate, either through natural health decline or possibly from being repeatedly infected by Covid-19; one infection can change our lives forever. Join us for a candid discussion amongst fellow disabled comrades, long covid survivors, disability justice advocates and covid safety organizers/specialists.