Truong reports:
“Online instruction can often make course material — from lectures to readings — inaccessible to certain students for a variety of reasons, such as the need to look at screens for long periods of time due to class format. But while virtual learning creates specific challenges for students with disabilities, it also allows for greater flexibility as students complete courses and attend meetings from home, according to Disability Empowerment for Yale President Mafalda von Alvensleben ’23 and founder and Co-Chair of Divine Abilities Ben Bond DIV ’22. Both von Alvensleben and Bond said they hope the University will work to accommodate students with disabilities and remember the benefits of online learning this semester as they plan the future of instruction at Yale.”