Disabled student unions advocate for accessible campuses

Image:  When the pandemic was declared in spring 2020, Katherine Greenstein, then a high school senior, grew alarmed by the attitude of some classmates who said COVID-19 wouldn’t affect them—only “the elderly and the sick.” As someone with a chronic illness, Greenstein found such remarks insensitive and cavalier. Those feelings persisted after Greenstein enrolled at American University in fall 2020. There wasn’t a venue on campus where students could talk about being disabled,...