Ben Mattlin is author of "Miracle Boy Grows Up," a memoir of growing up and living as a handicapped person before and during the birth of the disability rights movement.

Author and self-advocate Ben Mattlin writes that, many people in the disability community are weathering the pandemic with “a strong, stubborn vein of tenacity and even good humor.” While he identifies dangers – notably the chance of being denied life-saving medical equipment – he says that responses to the pandemic such as normalizing telecommuting could increase accessibility.