Disabled people with compromised immune systems (students, faculty & staff) are going to be forced out of universities across the country in the name of getting back to normal & academic capitalism. This is unconscionable.
It is from these very disabled folks that many learned how to switch to remote work, work in isolatio, which masks to use, and so on and so on. That crip knowledge was essential during the first stages of the pandemic & now, now we say, fuck you to disabled people. Again.
Telling people to take a leave of absence is not a solution, especially when it is unpaid, especially for students who depend on scholarships to survive. Telling faculty to just teach online unofficially, under the radar, only helps tenured faculty (sort of).
Forcing staff who have been doing their jobs online from home for over a year that they must come back to the office, even when the work doesn’t require it, is creating unnecessary risk & likely harm, physically or emotionally.
We learned that so much can be done remotely & yet universities (& other employers) insist on forcing us back. The lack of creative vision, investment in social justice, or concern for lives is astonishing. Shame on each & every person pushing these ableist policies.
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