Welcome to my world: pandemic turns the table and lays bare the ignorance of the able-bodied
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the failings of our society into sharp relief – exposing inadequate healthcare systems, social security nets and incompetent governments worldwide. And, due to its very nature as a health crisis, the pandemic has laid bare the rampant ableism that permeates our individual and collective lives.As a 25-year-old with multiple invisible chronic illnesses – which have left me immunosuppressed and limited my physical capacity – I am intimately acquainted with ableism....