COVID-19 and Disability

A Reflection by Public Health Leadership Coalition’s Member – Jeff Smith 

In “The Disability Pandemic”, El Gibbs lays bare the reality of COVID-19 for many people with disability. The piece is both intensely honest, searingly analytical and, at its heart, bounded by optimism. El received the Lesley Hall Award for Lifetime Achievement in the 2020 National Disability Leadership Awards and UTS Community Alumni of the Year in 2021 for her work advocating for disabled people around COVID-19.