In an article for University Affairs, disability rights lawyer and educator Lorin MacDonald calls on universities to embed disability knowledge into core professional learning. While universities have made their campuses and learning opportunities accessible to those with disabilities, she asserts that universities are also responsible for educating people who will need to advance accessibility in their future professions. She describes how programs such as law, public policy, and software development can prepare students to notice and address accessibility barriers in their future careers. This can be done by ensuring disability knowledge is taught through each program’s required curriculum—not through an optional elective—across the academy, she explains.
