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E-Poster

African Americans and the African Diaspora

The Loneliness of Being Immunocompromised: How COVID-19 Reminded Us of the Susceptibility of Disability

The role of Disability Justice in anti-racist and decolonial movements, Care, and interdependence are important in the training of future social work practitioners. This presentation will offer an action-focused dialogue that centers on disability rights and disability justice in working with historically oppressed and historically marginalized communities who are immunocompromised.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
  1. Upon completion, the participant will be able to communicate how the politicization of COVID-19 shaped public opinion so that the disease loss some of it’s threat in the public conscience.
  2. Upon completion, the participant will be able to understand how the response to the Spanish Flu pandemic (Influenza) mirrors the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. Upon completion, the participant will be able to uncover if COVID-19 is actually a mass-disabling event and synthesize what that means for the domestic and global community and policy.