Rejecting a Pre-COVID 19 Normal: An AutohistoriaTeoría Exploring (Dis) Ability Justice Reform in Higher Education

ABSTRACT

This paper is an exploration of disability justice in higher education in a post-COVID era. First, I use autohistoriateoría, a lineage of autoethnography, to weave a story of my struggles with an invisible disability as a student and as a faculty member with the existing scholarship. Second, I extensively situate my intersectional identity as a queer, disabled Latina to situate my argument as to why crips need online options for education. I then critique the gatekeeping of educational programs that can provide financial liberation for marginalized community members. Lastly, this paper challenges the assumption that online education is not rigorous.